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Phacelia Juss.

Scorpionweed (en), Phacélie (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Characteristics

Annual to perennial herbs, usually hairy and often glandular. Lvs mostly alternate, entire or 1-2-pinnate. Infl. a simple or branched cyme of few to many fls. Calyx lobed almost to base. Corolla rotate, campanulate or tubular, generally white, blue, or purplish, deciduous or persistent, with corolla scales attached in pairs to corolla tube at base of filaments. Stamens included or exserted; filaments sometimes adnate to corolla scales. Style 1, 2-fid, sometimes divided almost to base. Capsule 1-locular or nearly 2-locular; seeds 2-numerous on the 2 linear placentae. Seeds reticulate, pitted or transversely corrugate.
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Cal divided nearly to the base; cor tubular to rotate; filaments usually equal, attached to the cor-tube near its base; style shortly to deeply bifid; ovules 2–many on each of the 2 intruded, partition-like placentas; capsule 2-valved; taprooted herbs (ours annual or biennial), usually hairy, with entire (in extralimital spp.) to pinnately dissected lvs and mostly blue or white fls in 1 or more helicoid cymes that elongate and straighten with maturity. 150+, New World, esp. w. U.S.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system tap-root
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 12 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity dark
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Images

Phacelia unspecified picture

Distribution

Phacelia world distribution map, present in New Zealand and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000772-2
WFO ID wfo-4000029021
COL ID 63N2W
BDTFX ID 86969
INPN ID 196026
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Eutoca Phacelia Miltitzia Howellanthus

Lower taxons

Phacelia scariosa Phacelia cronquistiana Phacelia amabilis Phacelia mollis Phacelia sanzinii Phacelia potosina Phacelia gilioides Phacelia gentryi Phacelia insularis Phacelia lenta Phacelia hirtuosa Phacelia sivinskii Phacelia cottamii Phacelia argylensis Phacelia sonoitensis Phacelia buell-vivariensis Phacelia cloudcroftensis Phacelia furnissii Phacelia higginsii Phacelia hughesii Phacelia pinkavae Phacelia welshii Phacelia tanacetifolia Phacelia capitata Phacelia bombycina Phacelia altotonga Phacelia mammillarensis Phacelia ramosissima Phacelia incana Phacelia lyallii Phacelia arizonica Phacelia dubia Phacelia lutea Phacelia artemisioides Phacelia affinis Phacelia alba Phacelia anelsonii Phacelia barnebyana Phacelia bolanderi Phacelia brachyloba Phacelia breweri Phacelia calthifolia Phacelia campanularia Phacelia davidsonii Phacelia demissa Phacelia denticulata Phacelia distans Phacelia divaricata Phacelia douglasii Phacelia egena Phacelia eisenii Phacelia filiformis Phacelia fimbriata Phacelia floribunda Phacelia fremontii Phacelia glandulifera Phacelia glechomifolia Phacelia greenei Phacelia grisea Phacelia gymnoclada Phacelia hastata Phacelia heterophylla Phacelia hirsuta Phacelia howelliana Phacelia humilis Phacelia hydrophylloides Phacelia idahoensis Phacelia imbricata Phacelia inconspicua Phacelia indecora Phacelia infundibuliformis Phacelia integrifolia Phacelia mohavensis Phacelia mustelina Phacelia mutabilis Phacelia nashiana Phacelia neglecta Phacelia orogenes Phacelia pachyphylla Phacelia palmeri Phacelia parishii Phacelia parryi Phacelia patuliflora Phacelia peckii Phacelia pedicellata Phacelia peirsoniana Phacelia perityloides Phacelia phacelioides Phacelia pulchella Phacelia purpusii Phacelia rafaelensis Phacelia robusta Phacelia rotundifolia Phacelia rupestris Phacelia salina Phacelia saxicola Phacelia scopulina Phacelia serrata Phacelia splendens Phacelia stebbinsii Phacelia pinnatifida Phacelia coerulea Phacelia linearis Phacelia minutissima Phacelia tetramera Phacelia thermalis Phacelia brachyantha Phacelia setigera Phacelia lyonii Phacelia cicutaria Phacelia cryptantha Phacelia vallis-mortae Phacelia malvifolia Phacelia ciliata Phacelia crenulata Phacelia argentea Phacelia leptosepala Phacelia corymbosa Phacelia leonis Phacelia marcescens Phacelia vallicola Phacelia minor Phacelia viscida Phacelia leibergii Phacelia inundata Phacelia laxiflora Phacelia congesta Phacelia laxa Phacelia platycarpa Phacelia maculata Phacelia monoensis Phacelia exilis Phacelia hubbyi Phacelia franklinii Phacelia adenophora Phacelia cephalotes Phacelia ranunculacea Phacelia sericea Phacelia nana Phacelia argillacea Phacelia austromontana Phacelia beatleyae Phacelia bicolor Phacelia formosula Phacelia geraniifolia Phacelia glabra Phacelia glandulosa Phacelia grandiflora Phacelia nemoralis Phacelia neomexicana Phacelia novenmillensis Phacelia platyloba Phacelia popei Phacelia pringlei Phacelia procera Phacelia purshii Phacelia quickii Phacelia racemosa Phacelia rattanii Phacelia stellaris Phacelia strictiflora Phacelia suaveolens Phacelia verna Phacelia curvipes Phacelia congdonii Phacelia lemmonii Phacelia longipes Phacelia ivesiana Phacelia inyoensis Phacelia utahensis Phacelia constancei Phacelia cookei Phacelia ixodes Phacelia californica Phacelia orbicularis Phacelia bakeri Phacelia deserta Phacelia pauciflora Phacelia gypsogenia Phacelia sinuata Phacelia carmenensis Phacelia hintoniorum Phacelia neffii Phacelia pallida Phacelia pulcherrima Phacelia covillei Phacelia gina-glenneae Phacelia cliffordii Phacelia secunda Phacelia coulteri Phacelia marshal-johnstonii Phacelia cumingii Phacelia dalesiana Phacelia austrotexana Phacelia corrugata Phacelia glaberrima Phacelia sabulonum Phacelia vossii Phacelia zaragozana Phacelia submutica Phacelia suffrutescens Phacelia minutiflora Phacelia bipinnatifida
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