Silky Phacelia

''Phacelia sericea'', the Silky Phacelia, Blue Alpine Phacelia, or Sky-pilot, is a showy perennial species of ''Phacelia'' endemic to western North America. Uncommon, it grows mainly at subalpine to alpine elevations in forest openings or above treeline among rocks and sand. ''Sericea'' comes from the Latin ''sericeus'', or silky, referring to the fine hairs on the leaves and stem.