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Fernleaf phacelia

Phacelia bipinnatifida

Also called Purple Phacelia, Forest Phacelia

Fernleaf phacelia
Photo: KATHERINE WAGNER-REISS, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyll family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
NC. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Phacelia bipinnatifida, commonly known as purple phacelia, fernleaf phacelia and spotted phacelia is a species of phacelia native to the southeastern United States.

It is a biennial plant growing up to 2 feet (61 centimetres) tall. The flowers bloom in spring and are five petaled and lavender-blue in color and up to two centimeters diameter. It grows in cool, moist woods.

Other Phacelia plants

Glandular yellow phacelia · Limestone phacelia · Aven Nelson's phacelia · Sanddune phacelia · Attwood's phacelia · Southern Sierra phacelia · Bolander's phacelia · Shortlobe phacelia · Brewer's phacelia · California phacelia · Calthaleaf phacelia · Desertbells

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phacelia bipinnatifida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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