Native Plants
Phacelia congesta
Phacelia congesta Hook.
Caterpillars, Blue Curls, Fiddleneck
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
USDA Symbol: PHCO2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Phacelia congesta
Blue Curls
Hydrophyllaceae
Location: N side of Canyon Lake on Canyon Lake Island, at 880 Military Drive.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Abundant in colonies on dry hillsides in partial shade.
Description: Flowers are a clustr of helicoid cymes. Individual flowers are blue, bell shaped and 6 mm long. Filaments exsert the yellow stamens past the throat of the flower.
County: Comal
Collector: Mary Beth White
Collection Date: May 13, 1993
Specimen number: 130
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0369
Accession Date: May 25, 1993
Accession Number: 29
Annotations: SCFRC
154