Latin name: Phacelia viscida (Benth.) Torrey
  Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a VIS-id-a

  Common name: Sticky phacelia
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Open sandy burns and disturbed places below
  2000', coastal sage scrub, chaparral, near the coast and
  Channel Islands

  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Phacelia
  2) viscida
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