Notch-leaved Phacelia
Phacelia crenulata ambigua
Photographed near Woolsey Peak in the Gila Bend Mountains, March 23, 2003.
FLOWERS: Blue-purple flowers appear mid spring in response to adequate
rain. Dormant or growing very small in dry years. Five stamens and the style
are prominately exserted from the throat of the corolla.
SPRING ANNUAL: Ephemeral spring annual appearing in the Sonoran Desert
late Feb. to early May.
FRUIT: A round capsule with several seeds (often 4).
LEAVES: Pinnatifid
leaves crenulate margins.
STEMS: Entirely herbaceous and ephemeral usu. less than
½ m tall. The stems are covered with short, glue-tipped hairs.
RANGE: Common across the Sonoran Desert on rocky slopes and near washes.