[Heliotropes and Phacelias: The Genus Phacelia in the Southwestern Deserts of the United States]

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope

Phacelia distans

Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea) - Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea)

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea) - Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea)

Distant phacelia observed on the desert wash at Morteros Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.....March 27, 2010.

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea) - Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea)

Distant phacelia as seen at Arizona Telephone Cove in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.........February 28, 2013.

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea) - Sepals of Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea)

Distant phacelia as seen at Arizona Telephone Cove in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.........February 28, 2013.

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea) - Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea)

Distant phacelia in bloom on desert washes around Rams Hill, Borrego Springs, CA.......March 27, 2006.

Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea) - Distant Phacelia, Common Phacelia, Wild Heliotrope: Phacelia distans (Synonyms: Phacelia distans var. australis, Phacelia cinerea)

Distant phacelia blooming at left on the desert wash in Rainbow Canyon, located on the north side of Highway S-2 at about MP 27.6, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA..........March 30, 2006. The photo at right shows what is probably distant phacelia blooming in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA..........April 1, 2006

Paul Slichter