Phacelia mustelina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Phacelia |
Species: | P. mustelina
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Binomial name | |
Phacelia mustelina |
Phacelia mustelina is an uncommon species of phacelia known by the common names weasel phacelia and Death Valley round-leaved phacelia. It is native to the desert mountains and flats of eastern California (mainly Death Valley and Inyo County) and western Nevada ( Nye County), where it grows in woodland and open scrub habitat.
It is a glandular annual herb growing decumbent or upright to a maximum height around 30 centimeters (1 ft). The toothed rounded leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters (1⁄3 to 1+2⁄3 in) long with blades borne on petioles. The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is up to a centimeter long and deep to light purple to nearly white in color.