About Phacelia nashiana Jeps.
Phacelia nashiana is a mostly erect annual herb. It produces a small stem that is either branching or unbranched, reaching up to around 8 centimetres (3.1 in) tall. The entire plant is covered in short, stiff, black hairs that end in glands. Most of its leaves grow arranged around the base of the stem; these leaves have shallowly lobed oval or rounded blades, borne on petioles a few centimeters long. The inflorescence is hairy and glandular, forming a one-sided curving or coiling cyme made up of bell-shaped flowers. Each individual flower is 1 to 2 centimeters long, colored a brilliant deep blue, and usually bears five small white spots above its white tubular throat. It has five protruding stamens, tipped with white anthers.
