Phacelia bipinnatifida

Phacelia bipinnatifida, commonly known as purple phacelia, fernleaf phacelia and spotted phacelia is a species of phacelia native to the southeastern United States.

Phacelia bipinnatifida
Phacelia bipinnatifida in the New York Botanical Garden

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species:
P. bipinnatifida
Binomial name
Phacelia bipinnatifida

It is a biennial plant growing 25–50 cm tall. The flowers bloom in spring and are round and lavender-blue in color and up to two centimeters diameter.

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