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| Scientific Name | Phacelia integrifolia | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PHIN |
| Common Name | Gypsum Phacelia | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 504272 |
| Family | Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy, rocky, gypseous or calcareous soils in desert scrub and wooded areas. Plant: Stout, leafy, erect annual or biennial, stems 6 to 24 inches tall with densely hairy/sticky foliage. Leaves: Alternate stem leaves, oblong to narrowly-ovate, 3/4 to 2-3/4 inches long and 1/4 to 3/4-inch wide; margins crenate to shallowly-pinnatifid; surfaces with fine, glandular hairs; lower leaves petiolate and upper leaves usually sessile or nearly so. Inflorescence: Many small bell-shaped blossoms grouped together in coiled (scorpioid) clusters, each corolla less than 1/2-inch across with 5 overlapping blue to purplish or white lobes; protruding purple filaments with blue anthers; 5 oblanceolate to spatulate sepals with gland-tipped and non-glandular hairs. Bloom Period: March to August. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, www.americansouthwest.net and SEINet |
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Texas Status: Native |
