Phacelia robusta (J.F. Macbride) I.M. Johnston. Common name: Stout Scorpion-weed. Phenology: Mar-Oct. Habitat: Open areas on gravel, red clays and silts, and gypseous soils. Distribution: Sc. Kansas south through Oklahoma to c. and w. Texas and Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León).
ID notes: Of the two species in subgenus Crenulatae in our area, this species is much less common than P. congesta and can be recognized by its narrow salverform light pink flowers (versus usually blue campanulate flowers for P. congesta).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = GrPl, K4, Tx. Basionym: Phacelia integrifolia Torrey var. robusta J.F.Macbr. 1917
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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