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Phacelia nemoralis var. nemoralis
Phacelia nemoralis var. nemoralis
Shade Phacelia
Photographer: Aaron Schusteff

ID: 0000 0000 0114 0483 (2014-01-06)

Copyright © 2014 Aaron Schusteff

 
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  • date of photo  Apr 24, 2011
  • location   Anderson Lake (Santa Clara County, California, US)
  • family Boraginaceae
  • synonyms Phacelia nemoralis ssp. nemoralis
  • notes   I'd been looking for a while for a good specimen for a habitus shot of Phacelia nemoralis ssp. nemoralis. Hard to find...as they're usually growing in relatively moist, shady niches, mixed-in among a dense surrounding of shrubs or other plants that obscure and clutter the view of the habit of P. nemoralis. This one was isolated among rocks above the shore of Anderson Lake, a bit north of the dam.

    This keyed well to Phacelia nemoralis ssp. nemoralis in Jepson eFlora...and even better in L. W. Heckard's 1960 monograph ''Taxonomic Studies in the Phacelia magellanica Polyploid Complex'' (see also Heckard's 1956 'The subspecies of Phacelia nemoralis Greene'). The nearest voucher location I could find online was this one, collected by the venerable Heckard himself! :-).

    Some of the salient characters: Short-lived perennial with branched caudex giving rise to one to several stems. Stems ascending to erect, tall (0.5-2.0m), little to un- branched, bearing numerous cauline leaves. Leaves fairly large, lower pinnately-compound with 1 to 2 lateral pairs of leaflets and terminal leaflet ovate-lanceolate; the upper leaves mostly simple. Flowering branches mostly terminal, also short axial below. Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, not overlapping in fruit. Flowers white, campanulate, stamens long-exserted.

  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • ADDITIONAL TAXONOMIC NOTES FOR THIS PHOTO
  • name change notes   May 21, 2014: Name changed from to ICPN-accepted name . (University & Jepson Herbaria)

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Shade Phacelia (photographer)
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Phacelia nemoralis var. nemoralis
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