Phacelia hastata
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|genus = Phacelia
|species = hastata
|synonyms = Phacelia alpina
Phacelia frigida
Phacelia leucophylla
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Phacelia hastata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Its common names include silverleaf scorpionweed,{{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=Phacelia hastata |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139121/Phacelia_hastata |access-date=21 November 2023 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2023}} silverleaf phacelia,[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PHHA Phacelia hastata.] USDA PLANTS. and white-leaf phacelia.[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Phacelia&Species=hastata Phacelia hastata.] Burke Museum. University of Washington. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south to California and east to Nebraska. It can be found in many types of habitat, including scrub, woodland, and forest, up to an elevation of 13,000 feet.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=6334 Phacelia hastata.] Calflora. It prefers sandy to rocky soil.{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Ronald J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726|title=Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary|publisher=Mountain Press Pub. Co|year=1994|isbn=0-87842-280-3|edition=rev.|location=Missoula, MT|pages=170|language=en|oclc=25708726|orig-year=1992}}
Description
Phacelia hastata is a variable perennial herb with a stem {{Convert|5 to 92|cm|sp=us|frac=2}} long.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=37476 Phacelia hastata.] The Jepson Manual. It is coated in a fine, silvery pubescence. The deeply veined, gray-green leaves are lance-shaped to oval, and smooth-edged, lobed, or divided into leaflets. Most of the leaves are in a tuft around the base of the plant. The flowers are arranged in cymes, blooming in early summer. They have an urn- or bell-shaped white or lavender fused corolla about 4 to 7 millimeters long. The stamens protrude. The fruit is a hairy capsule a few millimeters in length.
There are up to four accepted varieties:[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=31529 Phacelia hastata.] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- P. hastata var. charlestonensis – Charleston phacelia, Spring Mountains phacelia; endemic to Nevada[http://heritage.nv.gov/taxon_detail/13517 Phacelia hastata var. charlestonensis.] Nevada Natural Heritage Program. State of Nevada.
- P. hastata var. compacta – compact phacelia, timberline phacelia; a matlike form occurring at elevation[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=63424 var. compacta.] The Jepson Manual.
- P. hastata var. dasyphylla – spearshaped phacelia; limited to California and Oregon[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Phacelia+hastata+var.+dasyphylla var. dasyphylla.] NatureServe. 2012.
- P. hastata var. hastata – silverleaf phacelia; rangewide[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=63426 var. hastata.] The Jepson Manual.
Gallery
Phacelia hastata (3715316804).jpg|Flower
Phacelia hastata scorpioid flowerheads.jpg|scorpioid flowerheads
Phacelia hastata var charlestonensis 7.jpg|var. charlestonensis
Phacelia hastata 5889.JPG|var. compacta
Phacelia hastata large plant.jpg|var compact large plant
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External links
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Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
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