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Phacelia sericea
Perennial to 16" tall, in clumps, with stout, hairy stems. Flowers are in spikelike cluster to 7" long, with 1/4" long, bell-shapes, deep purple corolla and very hairy sepals. Leaves are deeply and pinnately cut into silvery, hairy lobes.
Common along roads and trails, in disturbed soil, on sandy and gravelly slopes, in forest openings and on talus slopes. Montane to Alpine
Spotted on Jul 16, 2011
Submitted on Jul 17, 2011
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