Phacelia ivesiana
Phacelia ivesiana | |
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Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Phacelia |
Species: | P. ivesiana
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Binomial name | |
Phacelia ivesiana |
Phacelia ivesiana is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Its common names include Ives' phacelia[1] and Ives' scorpionweed.[2] It is divided into varieties that have been called sticky scorpionweed.[3] It is native to the western United States.[4]
Description[]
Phacelia ivesiana is an aromatic annual herb growing up to about 25 centimeters in maximum height. It has a branching, spreading, hairy stem which is often glandular. The leaves are up to 6 centimeters long and deeply lobed or divided into segments. The inflorescence is a cyme of bell-shaped flowers each only about 4 millimeters long. The flowers are white with tubular yellow throats. The fruit is a beaked capsule a few millimeters long.[4]
References[]
- ^ Phacelia ivesiana. USDA PLANTS
- ^ Phacelia ivesiana. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ Phacelia ivesiana. Idaho Fish and Game.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Phacelia ivesiana. The Jepson Manual.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phacelia ivesiana. |
- Phacelia ivesiana. CalPhotos.
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Phacelia
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Western United States
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Asterid stubs