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Phacelia congesta Hook.

Blue curls, Caterpillars, Fiddleneck
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)

USDA Symbol: PHCO2
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Phacelia congesta

Blue Curls

Hydrophyllaceae

Location: N side of Canyon Lake on Canyon Lake Island, at 880 Military Drive.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Abundant in colonies on dry hillsides in partial shade.

Description: Flowers are a clustr of helicoid cymes. Individual flowers are blue, bell shaped and 6 mm long. Filaments exsert the yellow stamens past the throat of the flower.

County: Comal
 Collector: Mary Beth White
 Collection Date: May 13, 1993
 Specimen number: 130

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 0369
 Accession Date: May 25, 1993
 Accession Number: 29

Annotations: SCFRC 154

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