Phacelia ivesiana

Species of plant

Phacelia ivesiana

Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)

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

P. ivesiana

Binomial name
Phacelia ivesiana

Torr.

Phacelia ivesiana is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Its common names include Ives' phacelia[1] and Ives' scorpionweed.[2] It is divided into varieties that have been called sticky scorpionweed.[3] It is native to the western United States.[4]

## Description[edit]

Phacelia ivesiana is an aromatic annual herb growing up to about 25 centimeters in maximum height. It has a branching, spreading, hairy stem which is often glandular. The leaves are up to 6 centimeters long and deeply lobed or divided into segments. The inflorescence is a cyme of bell-shaped flowers each only about 4 millimeters long. The flowers are white with tubular yellow throats. The fruit is a beaked capsule a few millimeters long.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Phacelia ivesiana. USDA PLANTS
2. ^ Phacelia ivesiana. NatureServe. 2012.
3. ^ Phacelia ivesiana. Idaho Fish and Game.
4. ^ a b Phacelia ivesiana. The Jepson Manual.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phacelia ivesiana.

* Phacelia ivesiana. CalPhotos.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7179901
* Wikispecies: Phacelia ivesiana
* Calflora: 6350
* CoL: 4FJW7
* CNPS: 2990
* EoL: 486362
* GBIF: 2928262
* iNaturalist: 78495
* IPNI: 432657-1
* IRMNG: 11404784
* ITIS: 504273
* NatureServe: 2.146188
* NCBI: 281517
* Open Tree of Life: 65010
* Plant List: tro-16200414
* PLANTS: PHIV
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432657-1
* Tropicos: 16200414
* WFO: wfo-0001066891

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