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Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a KUR-vi-pees
Common name: Curved-stem phacelia
Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf)
Habitat: Dry, sandy to rocky slopes and flats in chaparral, sagebrush scrub, oak and pine woodland and coniferous forest, 3500' to 8000', ranging from the Tehachapis through the Transverse Range to the mountains of San Diego Co. and the Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Phacelia 2) curvipes