Kingdom Plantae Family Boraginaceae Scientific name Phacelia distans | Order (unplaced) Genus Phacelia Rank Species | |
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Similar Phacelia crenulata, Phacelia cicutaria, Cryptantha angustifolia, Malacothrix glabrata, Phacelia minor | ||
Phacelia distans is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae, known by the common names distant phacelia and distant scorpionweed. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, including forest, woodland, chaparral, grassland, and meadows.
Description
Phacelia distans is a variable annual herb growing decumbent to erect, its branching or unbranched stem 15 to 80 centimeters in length. It is usually glandular and coated in soft or stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 10 to 15 centimeters long and are divided into several lobed leaflets, sometimes intricately. The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. The flower is just under a centimeter long and may be white or varying shades of blue or purple.
