Phacelia stebbinsii is an uncommon species of phacelia

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 Stebbins' 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 a northern section of the Sierra Nevada, growing in forests and meadows and on rocky slopes.

Phacelia stebbinsii is an annual herb producing a mostly unbranched stem 10 to 40 centimeters tall. It is lightly hairy and sometimes glandular. The leaves are oval or lance-shaped and some have lobed edges. The hairy 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 one-sided curving or coiling cyme of bell-shaped flowers. Each flower is around half a centimeter long and white to light blue in color with protruding stamen

Stamen

The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...

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External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Phacelia stebbinsii
• USDA Plants Profile; Phacelia stebbinsii
• Phacelia stebbinsii - Photo gallery

Further reading

Constance, L. & L. R. Heckard. (1970). Two new species of Phacelia (Hydrophyllaceae) from California. Brittonia 22:1 25-30.