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Read more about Miami-mist at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phacelia purshii
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phacelia purshii
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 160-05-005:
Phacelia purshii
FAMILY
Hydrophyllaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phacelia bicknellii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phacelia boykinii
COMMON NAME:
Miami-mist
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_phacelia_purshii_15
March
Flowers similar to P. fimbriata, but pale blue and less deeply fringed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm170415_684
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Inflorescence a helicoid cyme (cincinnus), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm170415_685
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Upper leaves sessile, clasping, pinnately lobed; lower stalked, oft compound, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Sam Pratt sbp_20140418_110837
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Inflorescence has 10-30 cup-shaped, pale lavender flowers w a white center, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Dan Whitten sdw042412_dsc01323c
April Blount County TN
Calyx lobes linear or weakly spatulate, hispid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.