species 2,790 observations
Large-flowered Phacelia
Phacelia grandiflora
Field notes
Phacelia grandiflora is a species of phacelia known by the common name largeflower phacelia. It is native to the coastal hills and southern Transverse Ranges of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and other local habitat, including areas recently burned by wildfire.
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native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Phacelia Shortface, Chelostoma californicum, Blue-Phacelia Miner, Baker's Phacelia-Shortface
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
White-bowed Smoothwing
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Van Dyke's Bumble Bee, Crotch's Bumble Bee, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.