Family Subalpine, alpine. Meadows, openings, tundra. Silky Phacelia is a favorite of many wildflower enthusiasts.
Flowers are lovely light purple with protruding stamens tipped in gold anthers.
The plant is usually about ten inches tall but can be eighteen inches. It is common glistening in meadows above tree line and on high mountain passes from mid-June through August. Family Foothills, montane. But even this distinction is not enough to attract attention to Fendler s Waterleaf which usually goes unnoticed even though it is common and beautiful. The plant tends to be broader than tall with flowers protruding above the large, arching leaves.