About Phacelia affinis A.Gray
Phacelia affinis A.Gray is a species of flowering plant with two common names: limestone phacelia and purple-bell scorpionweed. This species is native to the southwestern United States, as well as Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. It grows in a range of habitats including scrub, woodland, and forest. It is an annual herb that grows erect, reaching a maximum height of around 30 centimeters, and its stem may or may not branch. Its leaves are oblong, and are typically either deeply lobed or divided into multiple lobed leaflets. The entire plant is slightly hairy and glandular in texture. The plant’s inflorescence is a one-sided curving or coiling cyme that holds many bell-shaped flowers, each just a few millimeters in length. Individual flowers are pale lavender or white, with a yellowish tubular throat. The plant produces a fruit that is a capsule approximately half a centimeter long, which can hold up to 30 seeds.
