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Phacelia ivesiana - Ives' phacelia

Scientific Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Other common names
Ives' scorpion-weed
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Annual
Height
2 to 12 inches
Riparian
No

Plant is prominently hairy, often glandular (sticky and hairy); reddish stems; pinnate leaves; tiny white flowers. Inhabit sandy environments, often causing grains of sand to stick to them.

Many trailing to ascending branches, hairy and slightly glandular throughout, to 12 inches tall; leaves pinnately divided, slender stalked, lobes rounded at tips; flowers bell-shaped, short-stalked on lax, simple or few-branched, elongated clusters.

Habitat

Found in open sandy soils.

Plant Community
Interior Chaparral
Montane Conifer Forest
Low elevation
3200
High elevation
7000

Flower Characteristics

Sepal whorl lobes unequal; 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, 1/16 inch wide; fringed with hairs; tips spreading; corolla white to purplish; funnel-shaped; 1/16 to 1/4 inch long; 1/16 inch long oval lobes; yellowish tube; hairless stamens 1/16 inch long.

Flower color
White, purplish, yellow
Flower shape
Bell-shaped
Tubular
Yes
First bloom month
April
Last bloom month
June
Flower clusters
Elongated

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Lower leaves oblong; 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches long; 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide; pinnately divided into rounded, triangular to oblong segments; slender stalks usually longer than blades; leaf edges fringed with hairs.

Leaf type
Simple
Leaf color
Green
Leaf shape
Narrow
Leaf margin
Toothed
Leaf attachment
Opposite
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Oval; blunt or rounded at the end; 1/8 to 1/4 inch long; minute hairs with a short stiff, hairy tip.

Fruit type
Capsule