Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Hydrophyllaceae > Phacelia > Phacelia sericeaPhacelia sericea (purplefringe; silky phacelia)Synonyms: Phacelia sericea eusericea; Phacelia sericea var. nelsonii; Phacelia sericea var. sericea Phacelia sericea, the silky phacelia, blue alpine phacelia, or sky-pilot, is a showy perennial species of Phacelia endemic to western North America. Uncommon, it grows mainly at subalpine to alpine elevations in forest openings or above treeline among rocks and sand. Sericea comes from the Latin sericeus, or silky, referring to the fine hairs on the leaves and stem. |
Lifespan [1] | Biennial/Perennial | Structure [1] | Shrub |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Banff National Park |
II |
1690912 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area |
V |
36286 |
Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Glacier National Park |
II |
953799 |
Montana, United States |
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Jasper National Park |
II |
2776809 |
Alberta, Canada |
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Kootenay National Park |
II |
341762 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve |
II |
239938 |
Colorado, United States |
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Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve |
II |
2196863 |
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States |
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Yoho National Park |
II |
317576 |
British Columbia, Canada |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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