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Definition of Phacelia tanacetifolia
1. Noun. Hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phacelia Tanacetifolia
Literary usage of Phacelia tanacetifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"... however, always adverse to a species. Some species find improved conditions
of existence under civilisation. phacelia tanacetifolia and ..."
2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1893)
"This is a Lower Sonoran species of the desert region of California, Nevada, Utah,
and Arizona. phacelia tanacetifolia Benth. Bot. Keg. xx. t. 1696 (1834). ..."
3. The Wild Flowers of California, Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1897)
"phacelia tanacetifolia, Benth. Baby-eyes or Waterleaf Family. Stems.—One to three
feet high; rough and hairy. Leaves.— Much divided. Flowers. ..."
4. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1856)
"PHACELIA CIRCINATA, Jacq. Ed. 1, t. 91 ; Alph. DC. Prodr. 9, p. 299. San Gabriel,
&c.; May. phacelia tanacetifolia, Benth. in Linn. Trans. 17, p.. 280. ..."
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