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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
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:
Appalachian Phacelia, Smallflower 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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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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JK Marlow jkm170408_550
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
An incipient, morphologically variable variety, informally termed ‘imitator’, occurs in c. SC, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_dubia_dubia_2
April
Flowers bowl-shaped with unfringed lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phacelia dubia var. dubia
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
Habitat: floodplain forests, other moist and rich forests, rocky forests, fields, roadsides, granitic flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Mountains & GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately divided
Basal & alternate (reduced upward)
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue/White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 weakly exserted stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a helicoid cyme
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p200
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p37
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p431
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p076
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p223
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p208
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p246
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p135
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