Phacelia humilis Torr. & A.Gray is a plant in the Hydrophyllaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Phacelia humilis Torr. & A.Gray

Phacelia humilis Torr. & A.Gray

Phacelia humilis is an annual glandular hairy herb with purple bell-shaped flowers in coiled cymes, growing up to 20 cm tall.

Genus
Phacelia
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Phacelia humilis Torr. & A.Gray

Phacelia humilis Torr. & A.Gray is an annual herb that grows an erect stem reaching up to 20 centimeters in height. The plant is glandular and covered in stiff hairs. Its oval-shaped leaves measure 1 to 4 centimeters long. It produces an inflorescence that takes the form of a one-sided curving or coiling cyme, made up of bell-shaped purple flowers. Each flower is approximately half a centimeter long, and is surrounded by a calyx of sepals that are densely coated in long, straight, white hairs.

Photo: (c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Hydrophyllaceae Phacelia

More from Hydrophyllaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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