Hydrophyllaceae
Fernleaf phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Genus
- Phacelia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fernleaf phacelia
Synonyms
- Endiplus bifidus Raf.
- Endiplus phacelioides Raf.
- Phacelia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida
- Phacelia bipinnatifida var. brevistylis (Buckley) A.Gray
- Phacelia brevistylis Buckley
- Phacelia simplex Pers.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 626 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kristi Zoebelein, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kristi Zoebelein, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sean Feirstein, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: danpatrick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Burdsall, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amos Oliver Doyle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Terri Koontz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eliza Crofts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.