Phacelia distans Benth.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of Los Angeles County, California, USA
HYDROPHYLLACEAE
Phacelia distans Bentham
LIEBRE MOUNTAINS REGION: Knapp Ranch area at upper end of
Castaic Creek drainage in broad alluvial valley at head of Cienaga
Canyon, south of Liebre Mountain, flats and slopes just northeast
of ranch compound. Near 34° 41’ 18.7”N 118° 39’ 46.5”W. T7N
R17W NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec. 22. Elev. 3200 - 3480 Feet
Gently sloping, broad alluvial fan with deep alluvial soils, adjacent
west-facing slopes with coarse, decomposed granite soils.
Flats with scrub of Eriogonum fasciculatum grading into
Adenostoma fasciculatum dominated chaparral farther up the
alluvial fan, slopes with more diverse chaparral including
Arctostaphylos glauca, Cercocarpus betuloides, Prunus ilicifolia,
Rhamnus ilicifolia, and Quercus berberidifolia.
Annual, flowers blue. Locally common.
Steve Boyd 9293
Lauren Raz
25 Mar 1997
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