Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a sil-ee-AY-ta
Common name: Great Valley phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Clay or gravelly slopes, valley grassland,
foothill woodland, coastal sage scrub, Kern Co. and
Tehachapi Mts
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Phacelia
(2) ciliata