| Phacelia curvipes | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Phacelia |
| Species: | P. curvipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Phacelia curvipes | |
Phacelia curvipes is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names Washoe phacelia [1] and Washoe scorpionweed. [2] It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in many types of habitat, such as chaparral, oak and pine woodland, and forests. [3]
Description
Phacelia curvipes is an annual herb producing a small, branching stem up to about 15 centimeters long. It is glandular and hairy in texture. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped, 1 to 4 centimeters long, and borne on petioles. The hairy inflorescence is a cyme of several flowers. The flower has a bell-shaped or rounded, flattened corolla under a centimeter long. It is blue or purple with a white throat. [3]
References
- ^ Phacelia curvipes Calflora.
- ^ Phacelia curvipes. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ a b Phacelia curvipes. The Jepson Manual.
External links
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Phacelia
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges