Index- plants in this Family
Hydrophyllaceae / Waterleaf
Oceanblue Phacelia (Phacelia ranunculacea)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a biennial which can reach 30cm in height (12inches). The stems are more or less reclining.
Leaves: The leaves are alternate. They are lobed or pinnately divided.
Flowers: The flowers have 5 Regular Parts. They are blue with white. Blooms first appear in mid spring and continue into late spring. The flower cluster is coiled at first, straightening as the flowers open.
Habitat: Rich woods.
Range: Missouri to Illinois and Virginia south to Tennessee and North Carolina
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This plant is considered rare and is usually found in woods that have never been cleared.

Similar Species: Fern-leaved Phacelia, Phacelia bipinnatifida is a much more common plant. It is erect reaching 60cm (2') in height and thefilaments and sepals are hairy.

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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae		|Division
Magnoliophyta
Angiosperms / Flowering Plants		|Class
Magnoliopsida
Dicots / Two Seed Leaves		|Subclass
Asteridae
Aster		|Order
Solanales
Plox* 		|Family
Hydrophyllaceae
Waterleaf		|Subfamily

|Tribe

|Genus
Phacelia
Phacelia
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