Phacelia distans Benth. 
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
distant phacelia,  more
[Phacelia cinerea Eastw. ex J.F. Macbr.,  more]
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Max Licher  
 
Plant: Annual 15-80 cm; stem decumbent to erect, simple to branched at base, puberulent, sparsely stiff-hairy, finely glandular above Leaves: alternate, 20-100(150) mm; blade >> petiole, 1-2-compound, segments obtuse to toothed, ± reduced upward Inflorescence: cyme, generally dense, coiled, generally 1-sided; pedicels generally short Flowers: generally subsessile; calyx lobes 3-4 mm, 4-5 mm in fruit, generally unequal, oblong to oblanceolate, densely hairy, glandular; corolla 6-9 mm, funnel- to bell-shaped, whitish to blue, deciduous, scales ovate; stamens 8-12 mm, glabrous; style 7-12 mm, glabrous Fruit: capsule, 2-3 mm, ± spheric, puberulent; Seeds 2-4, 2-3 mm, pitted, oblong to spheric, generally brownish Misc: Clay to rocky soils, slopes; < 2100 m.; Mar-May References: Kearney & Peebles, McDougall, Utah Flora
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Max Licher  
Phacelia distans image
Max Licher  
Phacelia distans image
Mark A. Dimmitt  
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Mark A. Dimmitt  
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