Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Phacelia laxa
Phacelia laxa Small
Coastal Phacelia
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf Family)
USDA Symbol: PHLAUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Phacelia laxa
Coast Phacelia
Hydrophyllaceae
Location: South end of trail, John James City Park, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Semi-shade, alkaline, alluvial soil. Nominal moisture.
Description: Diffuse, hirsute annual. Leaves pinnatified, 2-8 cm long, long petiolate, with 2 pairs of small basal leaflets and larger terminal one. Flowers pale bluish lavender in scorpoid cyme. Capsule ovoid, seed 4+, oblong, reticulate.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harold C. Walker
Collection Date: Jun 23, 1991
Specimen number: 4
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1105
Accession Date: Feb 26, 1998
Accession Number: 101