Latin name: Phacelia campanularia A. Gray ssp.
  campanularia
  Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a kam-pan-yoo-LARE-
  ee-a

  Common name: Desert bluebells
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Open, sandy or gravelly places to 4000',
  creosote bush scrub, west Colorado Desert, White-
  water Canyon
  Blooming period: February to April
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Phacelia
  2) campanularia
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