Phacelia purshii Buckley

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Hydrophyllaceae

• Scientific Name

  Phacelia purshii Buckley

• Description

  Species Description - Lax annual 2–4 dm, strigose throughout; lower lvs petioled, often pinnately compound, the upper sessile and clasping, coarsely pinnately lobed, the lobes 3–11, triangular or oblong, often falcate, sharply acute; cymes secund, 6–20-fld; cor commonly blue, broadly campanulate or subrotate, 5–13 mm wide, its lobes conspicuously fringed, glabrous; filaments villous below the middle; cor with very small appendages in the tube; ovules 4; seeds 2–4, 1.5–3 mm; 2n=18. Rich moist woods; e. Pa. to S.C. and Ga., w. to se. Ont., n. Ind., e.c. Ill., e. Mo., and Ala. Apr.–June.

• Common Names

  Miami-mist