[Heliotropes and Phacelias: The Genus Phacelia in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Little-flowered Heliotrope Phacelia

Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora

Synonyms: Phacelia ambigua var. minutiflora, Phacelia minutiflora

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Little-flowered Heliotrope Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora (Synonyms: Phacelia ambigua var. minutiflora, Phacelia minutiflora)

Little-flowered heliotrope phacelia as seen on a sandy wash in Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park..........March 24, 2011. Note the white central or lower sections of the corolla. My photo notes said "small flowers".

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Little-flowered Heliotrope Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora (Synonyms: Phacelia ambigua var. minutiflora, Phacelia minutiflora) - Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Little-flowered Heliotrope Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. minutiflora (Synonyms: Phacelia ambigua var. minutiflora, Phacelia minutiflora)

Little-flowered heliotrope phacelia beginning to bloom on a sandy wash in Hawk Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 20, 2005.
Paul Slichter