species 2,318 observations
Stinging Phacelia
Phacelia malvifolia
Field notes
Supports All
55
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Phacelia Plume Moth
1
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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
5
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Phytomyza phaceliae
1
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
White-bowed Smoothwing
1
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Variable Checkerspot, Crotch's Bumble Bee, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Black-tailed Bumble Bee
47
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.