Taxon: Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.

 
Genus: Phacelia
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
Nomen number: 27492
Place of publication: J. Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1696. 1834 (Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17:280; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1:479. 1835)
Link to protologue:
Comment: authorship and place of publication verified from original literature
Typification:
Name Verified on: 12-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-May-2007
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7)
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Bee plants: honey production (fide Pl Book)
  • Bee plants: honey production ()
  • Bee plants: honey production ()
  • Environmental: ornamental ()
  • Environmental: ornamental ()
  • Environmental: soil improver (as cover crop)
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant ()
  • Weed: potential seed contaminant (contaminant of crop & grass seed)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada (s.)]
    • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte (n.)]


    Cultivated (also cult.)

    Adventive

    Asia-Temperate
    • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus

    Europe
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy


    Naturalized

    Australasia
    • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, South Australia]
    • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

    Europe
    • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria
    • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France


References:

  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  3. Demilly, D. et al. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7. 2001 (L Noms French ed7)
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  6. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 (F CalifJep)
  7. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. (L Aust)
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  11. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
  12. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
  13. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  15. University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). (Cover Crop Database)
  16. Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)

Check other web resources for Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth. :

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=27492. Accessed 26 April 2018.