Latin name: Phacelia imbricata E. Greene ssp.
  patula (Brand) Heckard
  Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a im-bri-KAY-ya PAT-
  yoo-la

  Common name: Imbricate phacelia
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Canyon slopes and flats, chaparral wood-
  land and pine forests, 2500'-7500', Transverse
  and Peninsular Ranges south

  Blooming period: June to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Phacelia
  2) imbricata
 3) patula
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