Biology:Phacelia inyoensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Phacelia inyoensis

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species:
P. inyoensis
Binomial name
Phacelia inyoensis
(J.F.Macbr.) J.T.Howell

Phacelia inyoensis, the common name Inyo phacelia, is an uncommon species of phacelia. It is endemic to California , in Inyo and Mono Counties, often within the Inyo National Forest.[2]

It is known only from the Eastern Sierra Nevada, Inyo Mountains, and White Mountains, and valley meadows between them. It grows in meadows on alkaline soils.[2]

Description

Phacelia inyoensis is an annual herb growing up to about 10 centimeters high with a basal array of lobed rounded or oval leaves on short petioles. It is glandular and coated in stiff hairs.

The inflorescence is a cyme of bell-shaped flowers each only 2 or 3 millimeters long. Unlike many phacelias which have blooms in shades of purple and blue, this species has light yellow flowers.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7179902 entry