Phacelia procera
Tall Phacelia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Ski Hill, partially shaded woods

Flowers:

inflorescence in helicoid cymes; pedicel and calyx lobes black-glandular; corolla 5 to 9 mm wide, more or less bell-shaped, cream to greenish or brownish white; stamens 8 to 10 mm exserted, hairy; style 6 to 10 mm exserted

Fruit:

6 to 8 mm, glandular and short rough-hairy

Leaves:

all cauline; 5 to 12 cm long, lanceolate to ovate, coarsely toothed to lobed

Plant:

0.5 to 2 meters tall; strigillose below the inflorescence

Habitat:

meadows, open slopes, and coniferous forest at middle elevations

Distribution of species:

Washington to California and Idaho

Distribution of genus:

more or less 175 species: North and South America