Phacelia distans (lace-leaf phacelia) ( )

Perhaps our most common species is lace-leaf phacelia, whose common name describes the highly dissected fern-like leaves. It displays spikes of relatively small (1⁄4-1⁄2 inch) pale blue to lavender flowers. Lace-leaf phacelia is a widespread and abundant on clayey and gravelly flats and slopes where it often blooms even in relatively dry years below the protective canopy of creosote bush. It has a broad distribution not only in our deserts but through our Mediterranean-type shrublands. "California Native Plants, Philip W Rundel, Robert J Gustafson, Michael E Kauffmann."