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Phacelia racemosa

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

Phacelia racemosa is a species of phacelia known by the common name racemose phacelia.[1]

It is endemic to California, where it can be found in the Sierra Nevada and adjacent slopes and peaks in the southernmost Cascade Range.[2] It grows in coniferous forests in gravelly and rocky substrates.

Description

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Phacelia racemosa is an annual herb growing erect with a stem reaching up to 18 centimeters tall. The leaves are linear or lance-shaped and measure 1 to 4 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of small bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is under half a centimeter long, pale blue to nearly white in color, and surrounded by a calyx of long, narrow sepals.

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