Phacelia monoensis
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Phacelia monoensis is an uncommon species of phacelia
known by the common name Mono County phacelia. It is native to the plateaus of central western Nevada
and a few locations over the border in Mono County, California
, where it grows in sagebrush, on wooded slopes, and on open expanses of alkaline clay soils. It is apparently most abundant in disturbed areas, such as along road cuts and in areas of mining activity.
It is a small, patchy annual herb producing spreading, stout stems up to about 12 centimeters long. It is glandular and coated lightly in hairs. The leaves are 1 or 2 centimeters long and sometimes have lobed edges. The hairy, glandular inflorescence
is a one-sided cyme of several narrow bell-shaped yellow flowers each no more than half a centimeter long.
Phacelia
Phacelia is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants, native to North and South America....
known by the common name Mono County phacelia. It is native to the plateaus of central western Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
and a few locations over the border in Mono County, California
Mono County, California
Mono County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of California, to the east of the Sierra Nevada between Yosemite National Park and Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,202, up from 12,853 at the 2000 census...
, where it grows in sagebrush, on wooded slopes, and on open expanses of alkaline clay soils. It is apparently most abundant in disturbed areas, such as along road cuts and in areas of mining activity.
It is a small, patchy annual herb producing spreading, stout stems up to about 12 centimeters long. It is glandular and coated lightly in hairs. The leaves are 1 or 2 centimeters long and sometimes have lobed edges. The hairy, glandular inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a one-sided cyme of several narrow bell-shaped yellow flowers each no more than half a centimeter long.