[Heliotropes and Phacelias: The Genus Phacelia in the Southwestern Deserts of the United States]

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia

Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata

Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

Cleftleaf wildheliotrope as seen at the west end of Cathedral Rock in Havasau National Wildlife Refuge..........February 23, 2013. Note the gland-tipped hairs the entire length of the stem.

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

Cleftleaf wildheliotrope as seen at the west end of Cathedral Rock in Havasau National Wildlife Refuge..........February 23, 2013.

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia) - Inflorescence of Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia) - Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

Leaf of Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

What might be cleftleaf wildheliotrope as seen along the access road south of Katherine Landing at Lake Mead National Recreation Area............February 27, 2013.

Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia) - Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

Basal leaf of Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Heliotrope Phacelia, Notch-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata (Synonyms: Phacelia crenulata var. funerea, Phacelia crenulata var vulgaris, Phacelia intermedia)

Cleftleaf wildheliotrope as seen in the wash of Pinyon Canyon or at Harper Flat, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.........March 27, 2011.

Paul Slichter