Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Phacelia congesta
Phacelia congesta Hook.
Caterpillars, Blue Curls, Fiddleneck
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
USDA Symbol: PHCO2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Phacelia congesta
Blue Curls
Hydrophyllaceae
Location: 5596 Hollyhock Road. Garden areaLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Deep, rich soil, moist, semi-shade. Abundant.
Description: Tall, branching annual with scorpoid cymes of lavender-blue small flowers with exserted stamens displaying yellow anthers. Annual.
County: Bexar
Collector: Lottie Millsaps
Collection Date: May 4, 1990
Specimen number: 48
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0054
Accession Date: Apr. 29, 1991
Accession Number: 5
Annotations: SCFRB