Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Phacelia popei Torrey & Gray
(Pope's Scorpionweed)

Family: Hydrophyllaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Phacelia depauperata Wooton & Standley
Phacelia popei Torrey & Gray var. similis (Wooton & Standley) Voss
Phacelia similis Wooton & Standley

Phacelia popei is a prostrate, almost viney herb with pale pinkish flowers with a purple stripe down the middle of the petals. The leaves are once or twice pinnataifid.
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Phacelia popei, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Mangas Canyon Road, May 1, 2007

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