| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Phacelia frigida Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 39 (1899) |
| Native Range | w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1500-4000m |
| Description | stems adpressed hirsute, eglandular, basal leaves petiolate, lanceolate to broadly elliptic, entire, distinctly veined, flowers in panicle, 4-7mm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white, lavender blue |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Phacelia dasyphylla var. ophitidis J.F.Macbr. Phacelia hastata ssp. compacta (Brand) Heckard Phacelia hastata var. compacta (Brand) Cronquist Phacelia heterophylla var. compacta (Brand) Jeps. Phacelia heterophylla var. frigida (Greene) Jeps. Phacelia heterophylla f. frigida (Greene) J.F.Macbr. Phacelia heterophylla f. ophitidis (J.F.Macbr.) Dundas Phacelia heterophylla var. pygmaea Jesp. Phacelia leucophylla var. compacta (Brand) J.F.Macbr. Phacelia magellanica f. compacta Brand Phacelia magellanica var. frigida (Greene) Jeps. Phacelia magellanica f. frigida (Greene) Brand Phacelia mutabilis var. frigida (Greene) G.N.Jones |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |