Phacelia dubia var. georgiana

Phacelia dubia var. georgiana

Found in granitic flatrocks. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 4 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement.

Solution pits on granite. Shown: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Solution pits, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Habitats

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops.

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Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

3CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Phacelia

Ethmia zelleriellaZeller's Concealer Moth, Zeller's Ethmia
Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

15BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Phacelia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

3Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Phacelia

Andrena lamelliterga
Andrena phaceliae
Anthidium palmarum

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: BORAGINACEAE

Conservation status

Alabama rank	S2
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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