| Phacelia distans | |
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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. distans
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| Binomial name | |
| Phacelia distans | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phacelia cinerea | |
Phacelia distans is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names distant phacelia [1] and distant scorpionweed. [2] It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, [3] [4] where it grows in many types of habitat, including forest, woodland, chaparral, grassland, and meadows. [5] [4]
Description
Phacelia distans is a variable annual herb growing decumbent to erect, its branching or unbranched stem 15 to 80 centimeters in length. It is usually glandular and coated in soft or stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 10 to 15 centimeters long and are divided into several lobed leaflets, sometimes intricately. The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. The flower is just under a centimeter long and may be white or varying shades of blue or purple. [3]
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS. (2018). "Phacelia distans". The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Phacelia distans. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ a b "Phacelia distans". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Phacelia distans". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ^ Phacelia distans. Calflora.
External links
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Media related to
Phacelia distans at Wikimedia Commons - Phacelia distans. CalPhotos.
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- Phacelia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges