Phacelia racemosa (Kellogg) A.Heller

DISTRIBUTED BY THE
HERBARIUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY.
156. Phacelia racemosa (Kell.) T. S. Brandegee, Zoe ii. 252 (1891);
Hall, Zoe v. 264 (1908).
Syn. Nama racemosa Kell., Proe. Calif. Aead. v. 51 (1873).
Phacelia namatoides Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. x. 317 (1875).
Cisco, Placer County, Upper Transition Zone, at an altitude of
1804 m. Type locality.
Plants always in stony soil, often from between small stones.
Stems glaucous with a bluish bloom. Corolla dull white (not
blue), thin and nearly transparent between the thick nerves;
lobes obtuse, one-half as long as tube; scales linear, curved inward
in pairs to form a shallow, yellow depression at base of filament.
Collected by H. M. Hall (no. 8701), June 19, 1910.
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