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Lemmon's phacelia

Phacelia lemmonii

Lemmon's phacelia
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0

Lemmon's phacelia is a small annual wildflower native to the southwestern United States, growing in mountain and sandy desert habitat. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs well-drained soil and full sun to do well.

Family
Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyll family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; let the soil dry out between waterings, as it is adapted to dry desert conditions.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot desert summers and mild winters; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. U.S.A.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Phacelia lemmonii is a species of phacelia known by the common name Lemmon's phacelia. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in mountain and sandy desert habitat.

Other Phacelia plants

Glandular yellow phacelia · Limestone phacelia · Aven Nelson's phacelia · Sanddune phacelia · Attwood's phacelia · Southern Sierra phacelia · Fernleaf phacelia · Bolander's phacelia · Shortlobe phacelia · Brewer's phacelia · California phacelia · Calthaleaf phacelia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phacelia lemmonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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