[The Genus Phacelia East of the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Changeable Phacelia, Changeable Scorpion Weed

Phacelia mutabilis

Synonym: Phacelia heterophylla var. pseudohispida

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, Changeable Scorpion Weed: Phacelia mutabilis (Synonym: Phacelia heterophylla var. pseudohispida)

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.

Last season's floral stems of 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.

Paul Slichter