Phacelia longipes
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| Phacelia longipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Hydrophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Phacelia |
| Species: | P. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Phacelia longipes | |
Phacelia longipes is a species of phacelia known by the common name longstalk phacelia.
Distribution
[edit]The species is endemic to California, where it grows in the Transverse Ranges and adjacent western Mojave Desert. Its habitat includes chaparral, woodland, and forest, in rocky soils.[1]
Description
[edit]Phacelia longipes is an annual herb growing decumbent or erect to a maximum length of about 40 centimeters.[citation needed] It is glandular and coated lightly in soft and stiff hairs.[citation needed] Most of the leaves are low on the plant, the toothed oval blades borne on long petioles.[citation needed] The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers.[citation needed] Each flower is roughly a centimeter long and white to light blue in color.[citation needed] It has a calyx of linear sepals and five long, protruding stamens.[citation needed]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Jepson Herbarium". University of California-Berkeley. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
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