Phacelia sericea
(Graham) A. Gray
var. ciliosa
Rydb.
Blue alpine phacelia
Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
California Rare Plant Rank:
2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere)
Bloom Period
one or more occurrenceswithin a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Red Fir Forest
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[wikipedia] Subspecies Info: Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized. Phacelia sericea subsp. ciliosa is distributed from Oregon and California east to Wyoming and Colorado. Phacelia sericea subsp. sericea is restricted to the Rocky Mountains, Alaska, British Columbia and Washington. The latter is smaller, more densely hairy, shorter, i.e., less than 0.3 m (1 ft), with relatively narrow and blunt leaf segments.[4] Where the ranges overlap, P. sericea ssp. ciliosa occurs at a lower elevation than ssp. sericea. These are listed as subspecies by the USDA PLANTS database and ITIS, and as varieties by Jepson and Hitchcock. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
