Scientific Name | Phacelia hirsuta | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PHHI |
Common Name | Fuzzy Phacelia | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 31443 |
Family | Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf) | SEINet Reference |
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Description | Habitat: Sandy, moist soils in open woods and woodland margins, prairies, and roadsides. Plant: Ascending to erect annual, unbranched or several-branched at the base and above, up to 18 inches tall; hairy stems and foliage. Leaves: Alternate; basal leaves elliptic to oblong overall and pinnately-divided or deeply lobed with 5 to 9 lobes, 3/4-inch to 1-1/4 inches long, usually withering by flowering time; stem leaves are usually 5 or 7-lobed, usually clasping or on short petioles or sessile, the blade about 3/4-inch long becoming smaller toward the stem tip. Inflorescence: Small bell-shaped blossoms grouped together in coiled (scorpioid) clusters that become more apparent during the season; each corolla 0.4-inch across with 5 overlapping blue to purplish lobes often with a pale lower portion, sometimes with dark spots; margins of corolla lobes are entire or minutely toothed or scalloped; protruding stamens; stalks, calyces and outer corolla surfaces have fine hairs. Bloom Period: March to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Arkansas Native Plant Society, and Missouri Plants. |
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Texas Status: Native |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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