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Phacelia
integrifolia Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Semi-desert.
Shrublands, grasslands. Spring. Flowers are in a cyme arrangement and flared out like a scorpion-tail. (A number of Phacelias are called "Scorpion Tail".) Sand clings to the plant's sticky, glandular hairs which you can see projecting from the left side of the flower stem in the middle of the photograph. |
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Phacelia
integrifolia Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Semi-desert.
Shrublands, grasslands. Spring. This plant received good nutrients and plentiful moisture and it is nearly triple the height and width of the plant shown on the first page. |
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Phacelia
integrifolia Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Semi-desert.
Shrublands, grasslands. Spring. The inflorescence (the flower cluster) shown here (the same plant shown immediately above) is as large as the entire plant shown in the photograph of Phacelia integrifolia on the first page. |
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Phacelia
integrifolia Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family) Semi-desert.
Shrublands, grasslands. Spring. Albinos are always a surprising treat. |