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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
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Read more about Phacelia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-05-002:
Phacelia dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phacelia dubia
COMMON NAME:
Smallflower Phacelia, Appalachian Phacelia, Small-flowered Scorpion Weed
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JK Marlow jkm120325_842
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Cauline leaves short-petiolate to sessile, pinnately divided, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120325_847
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070407_037
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Outer sepals are lance-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm070407_049
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170401_446
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_dubia_dubia_2
April
Flowers bowl-shaped with unfringed lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phacelia_dubia_dubia
April
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Keith Bradley kab_phacelia_dubia_9247
June Albemarle County VA
Shenandoah National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-05-002:
Phacelia dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phacelia dubia
2206
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: floodplain forests, other moist and rich forests, rocky forests, fields, roadsides, granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately divided
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue/White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 weakly 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!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p37
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p431
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p076
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p208
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p246
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p135