Miami Mist

(Phacelia purshii)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of Dan Tenaglia, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Miami Mist (Phacelia purshii)

Identification: Flowers pastel blue, with 5 petals, 5 stamens, and a single style bifurcate at about one-half its length. Petal outer margins fringed. Flowers arranged in a terminal spray, the spray usually slightly curved. Leaves elongate, with a series of lobes along each outer margin. Plant 6 to 20 inches in height.

Distribution: Wisconsin in the west to Pennsylvania in the east, southward to Georgia and Arkansas.

Habitat: Miami Mist is found in rich woods and fields.

Flowering period: April to June.

Miami Mist (Phacelia purshii)

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Small-flowered (Phacelia dubia)

 

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