Pholistoma auritum
English: Blue fiestaflower.
Region: western North America, Oregon to Baja California, California, southern Nevada, and Arizona.
Habitat: mountain talus to coastal bluffs to desert scrub.
Botany
Herb; fleshy; annual.
Stem: angled bristly or prickly.
Leaves: deeply lobed, bristly, borne on winged petioles, clasping the stem at their base.
Inflorescence: one or more flowers
Flowers: rotate; blue, purple, or white, with darker markings in the centers; widely bell-shaped; up to 1. 5 cm long, 3 cm wide; hair-lined.