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Threadleaf phacelia

Phacelia linearis

Also called Linear Leaved Phacelia, Linear Leaf Phacelia, Linear Leaved Scorpion Weed, Thread Leaved Phacelia, Linearleaf Phacelia, Narrow Leaved Phacelia, Thread Leaf Phacelia

Threadleaf phacelia
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyll family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
W. Canada to W. & NC. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Phacelia linearis, the linear-leaved phacelia or threadleaf phacelia, is a species of phacelia.

Where it grows

Phacelia linearis is native to western North America from western Canada to Wyoming to northern California, where it grows in open forest, juniper woodland, open scrub, and similar habitats, usually in sandy or rocky soils in dry areas.

Other Phacelia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phacelia linearis 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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