Desert Bluebells
Phacelia campanularia
A desert annual scattering deep gentian-blue bells over rounded, dark leaves in early spring. One of the truest blues of the Mojave bloom and a quick, easy reseeder.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA
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- Blue Curls (Phacelia congesta)
- Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi)
- Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
- Silky Phacelia (Phacelia sericea)
- Sticky Phacelia (Phacelia viscida)