Phacelia rotundifolia Torr. ex S. Wats.  
Family: Boraginaceae
roundleaf phacelia,  more...
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Patrick Alexander  
Plant: Annual 4-28 cm; stem decumbent to erect, few-many-branched, short-stiff-hairy, generally glandular Leaves: alternate, 10-40 mm; blade generally < petiole, ± round, toothed INFLORESCENCE: cyme, generally dense, coiled, generally 1-sided; pedicels generally short Flowers: pedicel 1-4 mm; calyx lobes 2-4 mm, 4-6 mm in fruit, narrowly oblanceolate, short-hairy; corolla 3-6 mm, narrowly bell-shaped, deciduous, tube pale yellow, limb white to violet, scales lanceolate; stamens 2-3 mm, glabrous; style 1-2 mm, sparsely short-hairy Fruit: capsule, 3.5-4.5 mm, oblong, puberulent; Seeds 50-100, ± 0.5 mm, pitted, oblong to spheric, generally brownish Misc: Rocky slopes, crevices, ledges, creosote-bush scrub and pinyon/juniper woodland; < 2000 m; Apr-Jun
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John Alcock  
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Desert Botanical Garden  
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Desert Botanical Garden  
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Dave Sussman  
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