Phacelia dalesiana

Species of plant

Phacelia dalesiana

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Boraginales
Family:  | Boraginaceae
Genus:  | Phacelia
Species:  |

P. dalesiana

Binomial name
Phacelia dalesiana

J.T.Howell[1]

Synonyms[1]

* Howellanthus dalesianus (J.T.Howell) Walden & R.Patt.

Phacelia dalesiana is a species of flowering plants in the borage family endemic to California.[1] It is commonly known as Scott Mountain phacelia[2] or Howell's phacelia.[3] Under the synonym Howellanthus dalesianus, it was considered to be the only species in the monotypic genus Howellanthus.[4]

## Description

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Phacelia dalesiana is a perennial herb producing a few decumbent stems up to about 15 centimeters long, forming a patch on the ground. It is glandular and hairy in texture. The leaves are located in a rosette, with a few smaller ones along the stems. They are oval and smooth-edged.

The inflorescence is a small curving cluster of flowers each just under a centimeter wide. The flower is white with small purple streaks at the throat. There are five protruding stamens tipped with large purple anthers. It blooms between May and August, the timing dependent on snowmelt.[4]

## Taxonomy

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Phacelia dalesiana was first described in 1937 by John Thomas Howell. In 2010, it was transferred to a new monotypic genus Howellanthus as Howellanthus dalesianus, the name honoring botanist John Thomas Howell. The type location is the summit of Scott Mountain in Trinity County, California, near California State Route 3 and the Pacific Crest Trail, the type locality for many species of rare endemic plants.[4] As of March 2024[update], the transfer was not accepted by sources such as Plants of the World Online[1] and the World Flora Online.[5]

## Distribution and habitat

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It is endemic to the southern Klamath Mountains of northern California, including the Scott Mountains for which it is named. It grows in mountain forests and meadows often on serpentine soils. The plant is a paleoendemic, its morphology unique among the phacelias, and probably a relict persisting in areas of ultramafic rock substrate in a small section of the Siskiyou-Trinity Mountains.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Phacelia dalesiana J.T.Howell". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Howellanthus dalesianus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Howellanthus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
4. ^ a b c d Walden, G. K. and R. Patterson. (2010). Howellanthus dalesianus, Recognition of a new genus and species in Tribe Phacelieae (Boraginaceae). Madroño 57:4 268–273.
5. ^ "Phacelia dalesiana J.T.Howell". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2024-03-18.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phacelia dalesiana.

* Jepson Manual Treatment - Phacelia dalesiana
* Phacelia dalesiana \- Photo gallery

Taxon identifiers

Phacelia dalesiana|

* Wikidata: Q38538315
* Wikispecies: Phacelia dalesiana
* CoL: 4FJTV
* CNPS: 3720
* GBIF: 2928223
* IPNI: 191787-2
* IRMNG: 10856851
* ITIS: 31481
* NatureServe: 2.142898
* Open Tree of Life: 227192
* Plant List: tro-16200128
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:191787-2
* Tropicos: 16200128
* WFO: wfo-0001066684

Howellanthus dalesianus|

* Wikidata: Q12060578
* Calflora: 13008
* CoL: 3MRGZ
* CNPS: 1361
* GBIF: 7978513
* iNaturalist: 181933
* IPNI: 77111911-1
* NCBI: 1241236
* Open Tree of Life: 227192
* Plant List: tro-100372104
* PLANTS: HODA2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111911-1
* Tropicos: 100372104
* WFO: wfo-0001041225

Howellanthus|

* Wikidata: Q15936049
* CoL: 4Z29
* EoL: 20606511
* GBIF: 8228389
* iNaturalist: 332964
* IPNI: 77111910-1
* IRMNG: 11905526
* NCBI: 1241235
* Open Tree of Life: 118482
* PLANTS: HOWEL3
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111910-1
* Tropicos: 100372103
* WFO: wfo-4000018351

Phacelia subg. Howellanthus|

* Wikidata: Q15975608
* IPNI: 77111909-1
* Tropicos: 100372102

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