Phacelia quickii
| Phacelia quickii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Phacelia |
| Species: | P. quickii |
| Binomial name | |
| Phacelia quickii J.T.Howell | |
Phacelia quickii is a species of phacelia known by the common name Quick's phacelia.[1]
Description
Phacelia quickii is an annual herb growing decumbent or erect with a stem reaching up to 18 centimeters long. It is hairy and sometimes glandular. The leaves are linear or lance-shaped and up to 5 centimeters long. [2] The inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is about half a centimeter long, lavender to blue or white in color, and surrounded by a calyx of long, narrow sepals.
Distribution
It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it can be found on granite substrates in mountain habitat.
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