Phacelia rattanii
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Phacelia rattanii is a species of phacelia
known by the common name Rattan's phacelia. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in mountain and foothill habitat.
It is an annual herb growing 15 centimeters to one meter in maximum stem length, taking an erect, branching form. It is glandular and coated in stiff hairs and bristles with bulbous bases. The leaves are oval, toothed or lobed, and up to about 7 centimeters long. The hairy inflorescence
is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers each no more than half a centimeter long. The flowers are white to light blue and are surrounded by calyces of sepal
s coated in long hairs.
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 Rattan's phacelia. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in mountain and foothill habitat.
It is an annual herb growing 15 centimeters to one meter in maximum stem length, taking an erect, branching form. It is glandular and coated in stiff hairs and bristles with bulbous bases. The leaves are oval, toothed or lobed, and up to about 7 centimeters long. The hairy 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 curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers each no more than half a centimeter long. The flowers are white to light blue and are surrounded by calyces of sepal
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms . Collectively the sepals form the calyx, which is the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. Usually green, sepals have the typical function of protecting the petals when the flower is in bud...
s coated in long hairs.