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Scorpionweeds
Phacelia
Phacelia (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope) is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the family Hydrophyllaceae, native to North and South America. California is particularly rich in species with over 90 recorded in the region.
The genus includes both annual and perennial species. Many have been cultivated as garden and honey plants.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Subgenus Phacelia
subgenusPhacelia
Microgenetes
subgenusMicrogenetes
Phacelia Subgenus Pulchellae
subgenusPulchellae
scott mountain phacelia
speciesPhacelia dalesiana
Phacelia namatostyla
speciesPhacelia namatostyla
Phacelia pulcherrima
speciesPhacelia pulcherrima
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Phacelia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49347.