Pholistoma is a small genus of flowering plants in the borage family known generally as fiestaflowers. There are three species, all native to a section of western North America between Oregon and Baja California. They are fleshy annual herbs producing angled bristly or prickly stems with several brittle branches. The deeply lobed, bristly leaves are borne on winged petioles that clasp the stem at their bases. The plants bear rotate flowers in shades of blue, purple, or white depending on species.
Pholistoma is a small genus of flowering plants in the borage family known generally as fiestaflowers. There are three species, all native to a section...
Pholistoma auritum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family which is known by the common name blue fiestaflower. It is native to California...
Pholistoma membranaceum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family which is known by the common name white fiesta flower. It is native to western...
Pholistoma racemosum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family which is known by the common name racemose fiesta flower, racemed fiestaflower...
Howellanthus, synonym of Phacelia Hydrophyllum Miltitzia Nama Nemophila Phacelia Pholistoma Romanzoffia Tricardia Turricula Wigandia e.g. Gottschling, M., Hilger...
Adults are on wing from April to early July. The larvae feed on Nemophila, Pholistoma auritium, Lilja and Lithophragma species. The genus name is derived from...
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