Kingdom Plantae Family Boraginaceae Scientific name Phacelia parryi | Order (unplaced) Genus Phacelia Rank Species | |
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Similar Phacelia minor, Phacelia grandiflora, Phacelia cicutaria, Phacelia brachyloba, Phacelia argentea | ||
Phacelia parryi is a species of phacelia known by the common name Parry's phacelia.
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Distribution
It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in coastal and inland mountain ranges and deserts. Its range may extend into Arizona. It grows in many types of local habitat, such as coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and open, recently burned slopes.
Description
Phacelia parryi is an annual herb growing a mostly erect stem 10 to 70 centimeters long. It is glandular and coated in soft and stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 12 centimeters long with toothed oval blades borne on petioles.
The inflorescence is a cyme of widely bell-shaped flowers each 1 to 2 centimeters long. The flower is purple in color, sometimes with pale coloration in the throat, and an arrangement of five white spots. The five protruding stamens are hairy and tipped with white anthers.