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Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae Gregory Gust	Gleason & Cronquist Resources Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada Cal divided nearly to the base; cor tubular to rotate; filaments usually equal, attached to the cor-tube near its base; style shortly to deeply bifid; ovules 2-many on each of the 2 intruded, partition-like placentas; capsule 2-valved; taprooted herbs (ours annual or biennial), usually hairy, with entire (in extralimital spp.) to pinnately dissected lvs and mostly blue or white fls in 1 or more helicoid cymes that elongate and straighten with maturity. 150+, New World, esp. w. U.S. Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp. ©The New York Botanical Garden. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Species within checklist: Flora of the National Park Service, Intermountain Region Phacelia affinis Phacelia alba Phacelia ambigua Phacelia arizonica Phacelia bakeri Phacelia bombycina Phacelia caerulea Phacelia campanularia Phacelia cephalotes Phacelia coerulea Phacelia congesta Phacelia constancei Phacelia crenulata Phacelia cryptantha Phacelia curvipes Phacelia denticulata Phacelia distans Phacelia egena Phacelia filiformis Phacelia fremontii Phacelia glechomifolia Phacelia hastata Phacelia heterophylla Phacelia howelliana Phacelia incana Phacelia indecora Phacelia infundibuliformis Phacelia integrifolia Phacelia intermedia Images not available Phacelia ivesiana Phacelia laxiflora Phacelia mammillarensis Phacelia neglecta Phacelia neomexicana Phacelia pallida Phacelia palmeri Phacelia pedicellata Phacelia pinkavae Phacelia popei Phacelia pulchella Phacelia rafaelensis Phacelia ramosissima Phacelia robusta Phacelia rotundifolia Phacelia rupestris Phacelia serrata Phacelia splendens Phacelia texana Phacelia vallis-mortae Phacelia welshii