Phacelia

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iPhacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia Juss.
Species

Many, see List of Phacelia Species

Phacelia (syn. Eutoca R.Br.) is a genus in the family Boraginaceae of about 150 species of herbs, native of Western North America (the most), Eastern U.S.A. and South America. The genus was formerly treated in the separate family Hydrophyllaceae but was transferred by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to the Boraginaceae on genetic evidence.

Many species are cultivated as garden plants.

BEWARE: Contact with Phacelia can cause a very unpleasant rash similar to poison oak and poison ivy.

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  • Olmstead, R. G., Kim, K-J., Jansen, R. K., & Wagstaff, S. J. (2000). The phylogeny of the Asteridae sensu lato based on chloroplast ndhF gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 16: 96–112.

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