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Silky Phacelia

Phacelia sericea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 116, February 91, March 125, April 244, May 370, June 543, July 773, August 177, September 164, October 118, November 103, December 98.
United States5,224
Colorado2,786
Canada2,727
British Columbia1,538
Alberta1,044
Wyoming875
Washington618
Idaho556
Utah274
Oregon244

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusScorpionweeds · Phacelia

Sources

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