Phacelia purshii var. pushii Levy

Phacelia purshii Buckley var. purshii
[Levy, F. (2021) J. Torr. Bot. Soc.]
det. Foster Levy, Sept. 2020
East Tennessee State University (ETSU)
Phacelia purshii Buckley
det Foster Levy, 1 Feb. 2013
East Tennessee State Univ.
PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Phacelia purshii Buckley
Hydrophyllaceae
Det.: S. R. Hill, (ILLS) 2001
ALEXANDER COUNTY 37° 19.127’ N. Lat. 89°
26.155’ W. Long. T. 14S, R. 3W, NW1/4 SE1/4 NE1/4
NE1/4 Sect. 9 Illinois Route 3 (FAP 312), McClure, at
bridge crossing Old Clear Creek, 1.85 miles north of
East Cape Girardeau Road (Illinois Route 146),
Mississippi River floodplain. McClure 7.5 minute
U.S.G.S. quadrangle. Elevation about 340 feet.
Disturbed moist sandy loam; alluvial deposits.
Floodplain forest, degraded, dominated by Populus
deltoides, Acer negundo, Acer saccharum, Celtis
laevigata, Camp sis radicans. Locally common delicate
erect anual herb; corolla whitish with pale purple tint
(darkest at margins), short-fringed; mostly past
flowering; most common on the base of moist disturbed
banks in full (or nearly full) sun.
Steven R. Hill 33742	15 May 2001
Jason A. Koontz
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