Phacelia orogenes
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Phacelia orogenes is an uncommon species of phacelia
known by the common name mountain phacelia. It is endemic to California
, where it is known only from the southern High Sierra, particularly around Mineral King
.
It grows in coniferous forest and meadows. It is a small annual growing up to 10 centimeters tall with a hairy, glandular stem. The linear or lance-shaped leaves are up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence
is a cyme of bell-shaped flowers each about half a centimeter long. They are purple with whitish tubular throats.
Phacelia
Phacelia is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants, native to North and South America....
known by the common name mountain phacelia. It is endemic to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where it is known only from the southern High Sierra, particularly around Mineral King
Mineral King
Mineral King is a subalpine glacial valley located in the southern part of Sequoia National Park, in the U.S. state of California. The valley lies at the headwaters of the East Fork of the Kaweah River, which rises at the eastern part of the valley and flows northwest...
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It grows in coniferous forest and meadows. It is a small annual growing up to 10 centimeters tall with a hairy, glandular stem. The linear or lance-shaped leaves are up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a cyme of bell-shaped flowers each about half a centimeter long. They are purple with whitish tubular throats.