Sticky Phacelia
Phacelia viscida
Sticky phacelia is a California annual with intensely blue, white-centered flowers on sticky, aromatic stems, a vivid, drought-tolerant reseeder that draws bees to sunny, sandy gardens after winter rains.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
More Phacelia species
- Wild Canterbury Bells (Phacelia minor)
- Blue Curls (Phacelia congesta)
- Desert Bluebells (Phacelia campanularia)
- Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi)
- Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia)
- Silky Phacelia (Phacelia sericea)