Phacelia mutabilis

Phacelia mutabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Phacelia
Species: P. mutabilis
Binomial name
Phacelia mutabilis
Greene

Phacelia mutabilis is a species of phacelia known by the common name changeable phacelia. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in mountains and foothills, in forested and open habitat types, and deserts.

It is a perennial herb growing mat-like, decumbent, or upright with hairy stems reaching 60 centimeters in maximum length. The leaves have lance-shaped or oval blades which are sometimes divided into 3 segments. The inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of tubular to bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is about half a centimeter long and white, yellowish or purplish in color with long protruding stamens. It is surrounded by a calyx of elongated, hairy sepals.

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