Phacelia cronquistiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species:
P. cronquistiana
Binomial name
Phacelia cronquistiana
S.L. Welsh

Phacelia cronquistiana (Cronquist's phacelia)[1] is a plant species native to Utah and Arizona, known only from Kane and Mohave Counties.[1][2][3] It occurs in sagebrush and Pinus ponderosa forests at elevations of 1,900–2,100 m (6,200–6,900 ft).[4]

Phacelia cronquistiana is an erect annual herb up to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall. Leaf blades are 3–7 mm long and 2–6 mm wide. Flowers are up to 4 mm long, pale purple with a white center.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phacelia cronquistiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. Utah Rare Plant Guide, Utah Native Plant Society
  3. BONAP (Biota of North America Program) Floristic Synthesis
  4. 1 2 Welsh, Stanley Larson, & Goodrich, Sherel. 1993. New taxa and new nomenclatural combinations in the Utah flora. Rhodora 95(883–884): 392-421
  5. Holmgren, Noel Herman, & Holmgren, Patricia Kern. 2012. Intermountain Flora.
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