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Butterflies in Mind - Perennials. This book is a definitive guide to perennial nectar plants preferred by US butterflies. It empowers you to feed, attract, support (and help identify) nectar-feeding butterflies that reside in the US....

Phacelia sericea

Family: Boraginaceae

Common name: SCORPION WEED

Native to: Western North America

Plant

Types: biennial, perennial

Forms: clumping, erect

Max height: 2 feet

Max width: 0.33 feet

Flower

blue/green, magenta/purple, white/off white

Leaf

green

Horticulture

Attracts wildlife: adult butterfly, specific butterfly species

Exposure: sun

Propagates by: seed

flowers in summer

Soil type: well drained

USDA Zones: zone 3 -40 f, zone 4 -30 f, zone 5 to -20 f, zone 6 to -10 f, zone 7 to 0 f, zone 8 to +10 f, zone 9 to +20 f, zone 10 to +30 f

Temp. range: -40 to +40 °F

Water: regular

There are 230 species of Phacelia, also known as SCORPION WEED, is a member of the Boraginaceae family. Phacelia californica is a perennial wildflower. It resides mostly along the coast of northern California; patches are found in the Sierras as well. This is one of the cultivated Phacelia perennials that appeal to butterflies. Phacelia sericea, an alpine perennial that is summer flowering, prefers regular water, and grows to 2 feet tall in Zones 3-10. Try it in a container.

Unspecified butterflies that reside in northern California will feed on are Phacelia californica. More than one hundred butterfly species inhabit this region.