The colors below indicate the kind of documentation available for this species in the California counties where it occurs.

Bolander's Phacelia
Phacelia bolanderi
(Hydrophyllaceae)

The name of this species honors Henry N. Bolander (1831-1897) who emigrated to the United States from Germany at the age of 15. Bolander made extensive collections of California plants from 1863-1875. Among his most notable botanical contributions is a paper entitled "A Catalogue of Plants Growing in the Vicinity of San Francisco" which was published in 1870.

DISTRIBUTION: Bluffs, canyons, and montane slopes in NW Calif.; < 1400 m.

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