Phacelia curvipes

Phacelia curvipes
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	(unplaced)
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Phacelia
Species:	P. curvipes
Binomial name
	Phacelia curvipes; Greene

Phacelia curvipes is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names Washoe phacelia^[1] and Washoe scorpionweed.^[2] It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in many types of habitat, such as chaparral, oak and pine woodland, and forests.^[3]

Description

Phacelia curvipes is an annual herb producing a small, branching stem up to about 15 centimeters long. It is glandular and hairy in texture. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped, 1 to 4 centimeters long, and borne on petioles. The hairy inflorescence is a cyme of several flowers. The flower has a bell-shaped or rounded, flattened corolla under a centimeter long. It is blue or purple with a white throat.^[3]

References

^ Phacelia curvipes Calflora.
^ Phacelia curvipes. NatureServe. 2012.
^ ^a ^b Phacelia curvipes. The Jepson Manual.

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[cal-1] Phacelia curvipes Calflora.

[ns-2] Phacelia curvipes. NatureServe. 2012.

[jeps-3] Phacelia curvipes. The Jepson Manual.

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