| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Phacelia secunda J.F.Gmel. |
| Bibliography | Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]: 330 (1791) |
| Native Range | n. Mexico, Peru to s. South America |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree |
| Altitude | 0-3500m |
| Description | leaves pinnate, 3-10cm, segments ovate to lanceolate, densely appressed silvery hirsute, flowers 4-7mm long, tubular-campanulate, in compact, scorpioid, branched cyme |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | lavender-blue, lilac |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aldea circinnata Willd. Aldea peruviana Ruiz & Pav. Hydrophyllum aldea Schult. Hydrophyllum magellanicum Lam. Hydrophyllum magellanicum var. acutilobum (A.DC.) Macloskie Hydrophyllum magellanicum var. albiflorum (Kuntze) Macloskie Hydrophyllum magellanicum var. obtusilobum (A.DC.) Macloskie Hydrophyllum magellanicum var. paniculatum (A.DC.) Macloskie Phacelia circinnata (Willd.) J.Jacq. Phacelia circinnata var. acutiloba A.DC. Phacelia circinnata var. andina Phil. ex Brand Phacelia circinnata f. media Walp. Phacelia circinnata f. minor Walp. Phacelia circinnata var. obtusiloba A.DC. Phacelia circinnata var. paniculata A.DC. Phacelia circinnata f. vulgaris Walp. Phacelia magellanica (Lam.) Coville Phacelia magellanica f. albiflora Kuntze Phacelia magellanica var. alpina Kuntze Phacelia magellanica f. andina Brand Phacelia magellanica ssp. eumagellanica Brand Phacelia magellanica f. genuina Brand Phacelia magellanica f. lilacina Kuntze Phacelia magellanica f. minor (Walp.) Brand Phacelia magellanica f. plantaginea Brand Phacelia magellanica f. vulgaris (Walp.) Brand Phacelia parviflora Phil. Phacelia peruviana (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. Phacelia pinnata (Vahl) J.F.Macbr. Phacelia rudis Douglas ex A.DC. Phacelia secunda ssp. parviflora Constance Phacelia secunda ssp. plantaginea (Brand) Constance Phacelia villosa Phil. Phacelia vinifolia Paxton |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South) |