''Phacelia inyoensis'', the common name Inyo phacelia, is an uncommon species of
phacelia. It is
endemic to
California, in
Inyo Inyo may refer to:
Places California
* Inyo County, California
* Inyo National Forest, USA
* The Inyo Mountains
* The Mono–Inyo Craters
Other uses
* Japanese for yin and yang
Yin and yang ( and ) is a Chinese philosophy, Chinese p ...
and
Mono Counties, often within the
Inyo National Forest.
It is known only from the Eastern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
,
Inyo Mountains, and
White Mountains, and valley meadows between them. It grows in meadows on
alkaline soils.
;Description
''Phacelia inyoensis'' is an annual herb growing up to about 10 centimeters high with a basal array of lobed rounded or oval leaves on short
petioles. It is glandular and coated in stiff hairs.
The
inflorescence is a cyme of bell-shaped flowers each only 2 or 3 millimeters long. Unlike many phacelias which have blooms in shades of purple and blue, this species has light yellow flowers.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Phacelia inyoensis''''Phacelia inyoensis'' - Photo gallery
inyoensis
Endemic flora of California
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the California desert regions
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Natural history of Inyo County, California
Natural history of Mono County, California
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