Biology:Phacelia ivesiana

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Short description: Species of plant

Phacelia ivesiana
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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. ivesiana
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

  1. Phacelia ivesiana. USDA PLANTS
  2. NatureServe (2023). "Phacelia ivesiana". Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146188/Phacelia_ivesiana. 
  3. Phacelia ivesiana. Idaho Fish and Game.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Phacelia ivesiana. The Jepson Manual.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7179901 entry