Changeable Phacelia, Changeable Scorpion Weed
Phacelia mutabilis
Synonym: Phacelia heterophylla var. pseudohispida
What may be changeable phacelia as seen on talus slopes high above the west side of the day use area at Cottonwood Canyon State Park. The leaves all have lateral lobes at the base of the large, terminal leaflet and the stems are all about one foot high or less...........March 18, 2016.
Changeable phacelia as seen sprawling across the base of a basalt cliff about one-half mile south of Oregon Highway 206 on the east bank of the John Day River in Cottonwood Canyon State Park........April 9, 2016. Note the broad, ovate to elliptic-shaped terminal leaflets.
What may be changeable phacelia as seen on talus slopes high above the west side of the day use area at Cottonwood Canyon State Park. The leaves all have lateral lobes at the base of the large, terminal leaflet and the stems are all about one foot high or less...........March 18, 2016.
Paul Slichter