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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fernleaf Phacelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-05-001:
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phacelia bipinnatifida
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phacelia brevistyla
COMMON NAME:
Fernleaf Phacelia, Purple Phacelia, Forest Phacelia
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phbi2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_bipinnatifida_2c
March
Inflorescence a helicoid cyme (cincinnus), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_bipinnatifida_4
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_bipinnatifida_4b
March
Calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, 5-8mm long, both surfaces strigose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4943
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Stamens are hairy and extend beyond the corolla, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm090404_230
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090404_231
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Flowers are dusty purple with 5 rounded lobes & a white center, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm090405_056
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaves hairy, mottled, & pinnately divided twice, the lobes coarsely toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_782
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Emits a distinctly musty odor when crushed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_783
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150424_815
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_597
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_599
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm170414_600
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1508
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm180427_1550
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_p_bipinnatifida_1568
April Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phacelia_brevistyla_2
April
Some consider Phacelia brevistyla to be distinct from P. bipinnatifida.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phacelia_brevistyla_4
April
The style of P. brevistyla is included (vs. exserted in bipinnatifida), per Flora of the southeastern United States (JK Small, 1913).
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Steve Marlow snm090405_024
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
A biennial 8-24" tall, with hairy stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0305y_05
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Fruit: Capsules with 2-4 black seeds, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm190913_1438
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-05-001:
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phacelia bipinnatifida
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phacelia brevistyla
1051
Forb
Biennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont, rare in SC)
Look for it in cove forests, esp where rocky, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately divided, the segments lobed or parted
Basal & alternate
Stem leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 strongly exserted stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a helicoid cyme
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p133
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p157
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p018
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p130
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p234
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p149
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p431
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p076
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p159
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p210
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p208
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p245
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p135