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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales
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 (1968) 160-05-001:
Phacelia bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phacelia bipinnatifida
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phacelia brevistyla
COMMON NAME:
Fernleaf Phacelia, Purple Phacelia, Forest Phacelia
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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_4906
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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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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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4980
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Emits a distinctly musty odor when crushed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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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.
COMPARE
leaves of Fernleaf Phacelia and Virginia Waterleaf
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JK Marlow jkm150424_782
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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_598
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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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.