Phacelia davidsonii is plant is often very similar in appearance to Phacelia curvipes and was once considered a variety of that species. It is an annual herb producing a branching or unbranched stem growing decumbent or erect to a maximum length near 20 centimeters. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped and up to 7 centimeters long, the lower ones divided into leaflets and the upper ones smaller and lobed.
The hairy inflorescence is a showy curving cluster of bell-shaped flowers each up to 1.5 centimeter long. The flowers are white-throated with deep purple lobes.
phacelia, davidsonii, species, phacelia, known, english, name, davidson, phacelia, named, gray, discoverer, this, annual, plant, anstruther, davidson, scottish, naturalist, emigrated, from, scotland, angeles, california, late, nineteenth, century, this, native. Phacelia davidsonii is a species of phacelia known by the English name Davidson s phacelia named by Asa Gray for the discoverer of this annual plant Anstruther Davidson a Scottish naturalist who emigrated from Scotland to Los Angeles California in the late nineteenth century This native forb occurs in southern California and southern Nevada where it grows in mountains and foothills in chaparral and woodland habitats 1 In California this herb is found in the Southern Sierra Nevada Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges 2 Phacelia davidsoniiScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder BoraginalesFamily BoraginaceaeGenus PhaceliaSpecies P davidsoniiBinomial namePhacelia davidsoniiA GrayDescription EditPhacelia davidsonii is plant is often very similar in appearance to Phacelia curvipes and was once considered a variety of that species It is an annual herb producing a branching or unbranched stem growing decumbent or erect to a maximum length near 20 centimeters The leaves are oval or lance shaped and up to 7 centimeters long the lower ones divided into leaflets and the upper ones smaller and lobed The hairy inflorescence is a showy curving cluster of bell shaped flowers each up to 1 5 centimeter long The flowers are white throated with deep purple lobes References Edit Calflora database Phacelia davidsonii Davidson s phacelia accessed 2 12 2013 Calflora California distribution map of Phacelia davidsoniiExternal links EditJepson Manual Treatment Phacelia davidsonii Phacelia davidsonii Photo gallery This Asterid article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phacelia davidsonii amp oldid 1094750847, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
