Latin name: Phacelia rotundifolia S. Watson
  Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a ro-tun-di-FO-lee-a

  Common name: Round-leaved phacelia
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Rocky slopes, crevices, ledges, creosote
  bush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland to 6000',
  deserts from Inyo Co. to Riverside Co.

  Blooming period: April to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Phacelia
  2) rotundifolia
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