Phacelia crenulata Torr. ex S. Watson
Scorpion weed, cleftleaf wildheliotrope
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| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Boraginaceae | Borages or forget-me-nots |
| Genus | Phacelia | Based on the Greek phakelos, meaning “cluster,” and alluding to the densely crowded flower spikes of most species of the genus |
| Species | crenulata | Crenulate, somewhat scalloped |
Phacelia crenulata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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