Phacelia stebbinsii
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Phacelia stebbinsii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Phacelia |
Species: | P. stebbinsii
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Binomial name | |
Phacelia stebbinsii Constance & Heckard
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Phacelia stebbinsii is an uncommon species of phacelia known by the common name Stebbins' phacelia.
Distribution
The plant is endemic to California, where it is known only from a northern section of the Sierra Nevada in El Dorado County. It grows at elevations from 900–2,100 metres (3,000–6,900 ft), in forests, meadows, and on rocky slopes.[1][2]
Description
Phacelia stebbinsii is an annual herb producing a mostly unbranched stem 10 to 40 centimeters tall. It is lightly hairy and sometimes glandular. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped and some have lobed edges.
The hairy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is around half a centimeter long and white to light blue in color with protruding stamens.
References
Further reading
- Constance, L. & L. R. Heckard. (1970). Two new species of Phacelia (Hydrophyllaceae) from California. Brittonia 22:1 25–30.
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Phacelia
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of El Dorado County, California
- Plants described in 1970
- Taxa named by Lincoln Constance
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status