Phacelia cronquistiana

Phacelia cronquistiana (Cronquist's phacelia)[1] is a plant species native to Utah and Arizona, known only from Kane and Mohave Counties.[1][2][3] It occurs in sagebrush and Pinus ponderosa forests at elevations of 1,900–2,100 m (6,200–6,900 ft).[4]

Phacelia cronquistiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species:
P. cronquistiana
Binomial name
Phacelia cronquistiana
S.L. Welsh

Phacelia cronquistiana is an erect annual herb up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall. Leaf blades are 3–7 mm long and 2–6 mm wide. Flowers are up to 4 mm long, pale purple with a white center.[4][5]

References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phacelia cronquistiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. Utah Rare Plant Guide, Utah Native Plant Society
  3. BONAP (Biota of North America Program) Floristic Synthesis
  4. Welsh, Stanley Larson, & Goodrich, Sherel. 1993. New taxa and new nomenclatural combinations in the Utah flora. Rhodora 95(883–884): 392-421
  5. Holmgren, Noel Herman, & Holmgren, Patricia Kern. 2012. Intermountain Flora.
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