''Phacelia californica'' is a species of phacelia known by the common names California phacelia and California scorpionweed. It is native to coastal northern

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

and

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, where it grows in

chaparral Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean c ...

, woodland, and coastal bluffs and grassland. It is a perennial herb growing decumbent or erect, its branching stems reaching up to long. It is roughly hairy in texture. The leaves are up to long, the lower ones divided into several leaflets. The dense, hairy

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many bell-shaped flowers. Each white or pale blue to lavender flower is under wide. This native wildflower is a food source for the Mission blue butterfly, an

endangered species An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...

endemic to

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Presidio of San Francisco Wildflowers: California Phacelia
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Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
californica Flora of California Flora of Oregon Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Butterfly food plants Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Hydrophylloideae-stub