ASHLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the sand dune phacelia as a threatened species under the ...

Silky phacelia has been noted to occur frequently on soils at and near gold mines. These soils are not the best for plants, for gold is usually associated with arsenic, a heavy metal toxic to many ...

Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Monday to protect the sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered Species Act ...

In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protected the sand dune phacelia as a threatened species under the Endangered ...

Of the 200 species of Phacelia wildflowers, California is home to 90—making it especially diverse. This winter, California has seen an abundance—and in some cases overabundance—of rain, ...

Thanks to Southern California’s wet winter, the Santa Monica Mountains are alive with luminous purple phacelia and bright blue lupine flowers. But amid the joyful eruption of native wildflowers ...

While driving home from work one day, Kevin Alison spotted a rare flower off the side of the road. From the window of his company’s white pick-up truck, he noticed a large, beautiful purple flower ...