''Phacelia minor'', with the common names Whitlavia and wild Canterbury bells, is a species of phacelia. It is native to Southern California and Baja California, where it grows in the

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and the coastal and inland mountains of the Transverse-

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, often in

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and areas recently

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Description

''Phacelia minor'' is an annual herb producing a mostly unbranched erect stem 20 to 60 centimeters tall. It is glandular and coated in stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 11 centimeters long with toothed, crinkly, oval or rounded blades borne on long petioles. The showy inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme of many bell-shaped flowers, each up to 4 centimeters in length. The large flowers are lavender to deep blue-purple in color with protruding

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s tipped with white anthers. There are reports that glandular hairs of stems, flowers and leaves of ''P. minor'' secrete oil droplets that can cause an unpleasant skin rash ( contact dermatitis) in some people.

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Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Phacelia minor''''Phacelia minor'' - Photo gallery

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