- Phacelia crenulata
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Phacelia crenulata Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: (unplaced) Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Phacelia Species: P. crenulata Binomial name Phacelia crenulata
Torr. ex S.WatsonPhacelia crenulata is a species of phacelia native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its common names include notch-leaved phacelia and cleftleaf wild heliotrope.
It is an annual plant growing 7-60 cm tall, with crenate to deeply lobed leaves up to 8 to 12 centimeters in length. The flowers are violet to blue-purple in color and up to one centimeter long.
It can produce a skin rash similar to that produced by poison ivy.
References
- Jepson Flora Project: Phacelia crenulata
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 153
External links
Categories:- Phacelia
- Flora of the California desert regions
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Texas
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