Latin name: Phacelia imbricata E. Greene var. imbricata
Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a im-bri-KAY-ta
Common name: Mountain phacelia
Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf)
Habitat: Slopes, roadsides, flats, canyons, chaparral, woodland to 7000', Transverse Range
Blooming period: April to August
Name derivations: 1) Phacelia 2) imbricata
NOTE: San Gabriel plants of P. imbricata seem to be intergrades between patula and imbricata, with narrow, non-overlapping, glandular calyx lobes
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