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Alpine phacelia

Phacelia lyallii

Also called Lyall's Phacelia, Lyall's Scorpion Weed

Alpine phacelia
Photo: BigHonkinRat, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Hydrophyllaceae (Hydrophyll family)
Native range
SE. British Columbia to SW. Alberta and W. Montana
Climate
temperate

About

Phacelia lyallii, common name Lyall's phacelia, is a species of plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae.

Where it grows

Phacelia lyallii is native to the central Rocky Mountains of North America. Its distribution covers western Montana, southwestern Alberta (Waterton Lakes National Park), central Idaho (Lemhi County), and extreme southeastern British Columbia (Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park. It is restricted to scree slopes and crevices on quartzite substrates in alpine areas, often in areas with abundant snowmelt.

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 lyallii 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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