Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Thickets and woodlands, usually in fairly dry and shady areas, at low elevations.
Flowers: April-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Biennial, Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Robust, bristly perennial from a branching, woody base and taproot, the several stems up to 2 m. tall.
Leaves narrowly elliptic, pointed, with 1-4 pairs of small leaflets at the base of the blade; cauline leaves better developed than the basal leaves.
Inflorescence elongate and open, densely bristly, the lower flower clusters with leafy bracts; calyx divided nearly to the base, lobes 5; corolla dull white, 5-lobed, 3-6 mm. long and broad, the filaments conspicuously exerted, hairy near the middle; style 2-cleft.
Fruit a capsule.
Publication: ittonia 1(3): 141. 1887.
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var. oregonensis – woodland phacelia
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Phacelia nemoralis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Phacelia nemoralis checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Phacelia nemoralis information.
E-Flora BC: Phacelia nemoralis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Phacelia nemoralis photos.
USDA Plants: Phacelia nemoralis information.
