Biology:Phacelia davidsonii

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Short description: Species of plant

Phacelia davidsonii
Phacelia davidsonii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species:
P. davidsonii
Binomial name
Phacelia davidsonii
A.Gray

Phacelia davidsonii is a species of phacelia known by the English name Davidson's phacelia named by Asa Gray for the discoverer of this annual plant, Anstruther Davidson, a Scottish naturalist who emigrated from Scotland to Los Angeles , California, in the late nineteenth century. This native forb occurs in southern California and southern Nevada, where it grows in mountains and foothills in chaparral and woodland habitats.[1] In California, this herb is found in the Southern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges.[2]

Description

Phacelia davidsonii is plant is often very similar in appearance to Phacelia curvipes and was once considered a variety of that species. It is an annual herb producing a branching or unbranched stem growing decumbent or erect to a maximum length near 20 centimeters. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped and up to 7 centimeters long, the lower ones divided into leaflets and the upper ones smaller and lobed.

The hairy inflorescence is a showy curving cluster of bell-shaped flowers each up to 1.5 centimeter long. The flowers are white-throated with deep purple lobes.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7179881 entry