Phacelia monoensis

Phacelia monoensis is an uncommon species of phacelia known by the common name Mono County phacelia.

Phacelia monoensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Phacelia
Species:	P. monoensis
Binomial name
Phacelia monoensis R.Halse

Distribution

It is native to the Great Basin plateaus east of the Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California, and central western Nevada. It grows in sagebrush, on wooded slopes, and on open expanses of alkaline clay soils.

It is apparently most abundant in disturbed areas, such as along road cuts and in areas of mining activity.^[1]

Description

Phacelia monoensis is a small, patchy annual herb producing spreading, stout stems up to about 12 centimeters (4+3⁄4 in) long. It is glandular and coated lightly in hairs. The leaves are 1 or 2 centimeters (2⁄5 or 4⁄5 in) long and sometimes have lobed edges.

The hairy, glandular inflorescence is a one-sided cyme of several narrow bell-shaped yellow flowers each no more than one-half centimeter (1⁄4 in) long.