Phacelia distans

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]

Phacelia distans

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species:
P. distans
Binomial name
Phacelia distans
Synonyms

Phacelia cinerea

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
  1. USDA, NRCS. (2018). "Phacelia distans". The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. Phacelia distans. NatureServe. 2012.
  3. "Phacelia distans". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  4. Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Phacelia distans". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  5. Phacelia distans. Calflora.
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