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Genus

Phacelia (Scorpionweeds)

Phacelia bolanderi. Photo: (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Phacelia (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope) is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants, native to North and South America.

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
      • Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
        • Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
          • Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
            • Order: Boraginales (Borages)
              • Family: Boraginaceae (Borage family)
                • Subfamily: Hydrophylloideae (Baby blue eyes, phacelias, and waterleaves)
                  • Genus: Phacelia (Scorpionweeds)
                    • Species: Phacelia imbricata (Mountain phacelia)
                    • Species: Phacelia bolanderi (Bolander’s phacelia)
                    • Species: Phacelia tanacetifolia (Lacy phacelia)

Subtaxa

Species: Phacelia imbricata (Mountain phacelia)

Species: Phacelia bolanderi (Bolander’s phacelia)

Species: Phacelia tanacetifolia (Lacy phacelia)

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