Phacelia campanularia A. Gray
Desertbells, desert bell, desert bluebells
Desert bluebells are natives of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
Plants: Up to 1½′ (50 cm) tall, but usually much smaller.
Leaves: Dark green, hairy, oval or nearly round, with coarse teeth. Stem and leaf veins are reddish, and hairy.
Flowers: Bell-shaped, ½–1½″ (1.5–4 cm) around, with five rounded petals and five stamens tipped with whitish anthers, and deep blue to purple. Flowers appear from February to April.
Fruits: Capsules up to ½″ (1.5 cm) long.
Habitats: Desert, along roadsides, in sandy desert washes, at elevations below 3937′ (1.2 km).
Online References:
2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California · ≈ 9 × 9″ (23 × 23 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Boraginaceae | Borages or forget-me-nots |
| Genus | Phacelia | Based on the Greek phakelos, meaning “cluster,” and alluding to the densely crowded flower spikes of most species of the genus |
| Species | campanularia | Bell-flowered or bell-shaped, like Campanula, the bellflower |
Phacelia campanularia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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