Burke: Phacelia lutea vs. Phacelia bolanderi

	Phacelia lutea	Phacelia bolanderi
		Bolander's phacelia, Bolander's scorpion-weed
Habit		Stout, sprawling, loosely stiff-hairy perennial from a slender, branched taproot, the stems 2-8 dm. long.
Leaves		Leaves all cauline, gradually reduced upward, the blade ovate to broadly elliptic, 3-11 cm. long and 2-7 cm. wide, shallowly pinnately-lobed, often with a pair of small segments near the base; lower petioles equaling the blades, upper shorter.
Flowers		Inflorescence open, few-branched, with several flowers on each branch; corolla shallowly cup-shaped, lavender to bluish, 1-2 cm. wide, glabrous within; filaments equaling the corolla; style elongate, deeply 2-cleft.
Fruits		Capsule with numerous seeds.

	Phacelia lutea	Phacelia bolanderi
Flowering time		June-July
Habitat		Mostly on open, often unstable slopes at low elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland southwestern Washington; Coos Bay, Oregon south along the coast to Sonoma County, California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	P. bolanderi, P. franklinii, P. glandulifera, P. hastata, P. heterophylla, P. humilis, P. lenta, P. linearis, P. minutissima, P. nemoralis, P. procera, P. ramosissima, P. sericea, P. tetramera	P. franklinii, P. glandulifera, P. hastata, P. heterophylla, P. humilis, P. lenta, P. linearis, P. minutissima, P. nemoralis, P. procera, P. ramosissima, P. sericea, P. tetramera
Web links	Local floras: OR Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Phacelia lutea

Phacelia bolanderi

Bolander's phacelia, Bolander's scorpion-weed

Habit

Stout, sprawling, loosely stiff-hairy perennial from a slender, branched taproot, the stems 2-8 dm. long.

Leaves

Leaves all cauline, gradually reduced upward, the blade ovate to broadly elliptic, 3-11 cm. long and 2-7 cm. wide, shallowly pinnately-lobed, often with a pair of small segments near the base; lower petioles equaling the blades, upper shorter.

Flowers

Inflorescence open, few-branched, with several flowers on each branch;

corolla shallowly cup-shaped, lavender to bluish, 1-2 cm. wide, glabrous within;

filaments equaling the corolla;

style elongate, deeply 2-cleft.

Fruits

Capsule with numerous seeds.