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Low Phacelia

Phacelia humilis

Status
native
Bees
9 specialists raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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65 native animals
supported in the US
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Phacelia Shortface, Chelostoma californicum, Blue-Phacelia Miner, Baker's Phacelia-Shortface 9
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it White-bowed Smoothwing 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Great Basin Bumble Bee, Van Dyke's Bumble Bee, Cresson's Mining Bee, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 55

Children

  • Dudley's Phacelia
  • Low Phacelia

Range

United States

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.

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