| Phacelia distans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Phacelia |
| Species: | P. distans |
| Binomial name | |
| Phacelia distans Benth. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Phacelia cinerea |
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Phacelia distans is a species of phacelia known by the common name distant phacelia. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges, valleys, and deserts of California, adjacent sections of Nevada and Arizona in the United States, and parts of northern Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat and is a common wildflower in parts of its range.
Phacelia distans is a variable annual herb growing decumbent to erect, its branching or unbranched stem 15 to 80 centimeters in length. It is usually glandular and coated in soft or stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 10 to 15 centimeters long and are divided into several lobed leaflets, sometimes intricately. The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many funnel- or bell-shaped flowers. The flower is just under a centimeter long and may be white or varying shades of blue or purple.