Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a LON-ji-pees
Common name: Longstalk phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Gravelly or rocky slopes, chaparral, juniper
woodland, montane coniferous forest, dry loose
slopes to 7000', West Transverse Range, southwest
Mojave Desert, San Gabriels
Blooming period: April to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Phacelia
2) longipes