Hydrophyllaceae
Cleftleaf wildheliotrope
Phacelia crenulata
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Genus
- Phacelia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- جمية ثلمية
- arz
- جميه ثلميه
- English
- Cleftleaf wildheliotrope, Heliotrope phacelia, Notch-leaved phacelia
- nv
- Azeeʼ nichʼiʼí
Synonyms
- Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 6,581 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cindy Bell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rachel Allingham, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: elik03, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jess Mullins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.