Phacelia ranunculacea

ClassificationDicots
FamilyBoraginaceae
Family (Traditional)Hydrophyllaceae
GenusPhacelia
Species:Phacelia ranunculacea (Nutt.) Constance
Common NameOceanblue Phacelia; Western Buttercup Phacelia
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Dissection: 1; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Leaflet Number: 3; Leaflet Number: 4; Leaflet Number: 5; Base Flower Color: Blue; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[S2S3] KY[S3] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Fulton (KY), Henderson (KY), Hickman (KY), Ohio (KY), Todd (KY), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, KNK, MEM, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1942 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100488079 Hickman Kentucky James B. Beck
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488087 Hickman Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488103 Fulton Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488061 Lake Tennessee 08 Apr 1990 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182357 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021527 Montgomery Tennessee 24 Apr 1942 RE Shanks
1833
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021517 Shelby Tennessee 04 Apr 1992 Milo Pyne
92-12
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021524 Montgomery Tennessee 07 Apr 1957 Floyd Brown and Alfred Clebsch
7025
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021520 Stewart Tennessee 14 May 1992 James Joyner and EW Chester
1175B
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0102638 Lake Tennessee
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
N/A Henderson Kentucky Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156443 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156454 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156456 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
N/A Henderson Kentucky Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182363 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182369 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182612 Christian Kentucky
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182365 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0053140 Montgomery Tennessee 27 Mar 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021530 Stewart Tennessee 18 Apr 1987 Edward Chester
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021518 Montgomery Tennessee 07 Apr 1999 Edward W Chester
13707
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0050285 Obion Tennessee
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021529 Montgomery Tennessee 10 Apr 1948 Alfred Clebsch
148-4-6
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156441 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM017196 Lauderdale Tennessee 31 Mar 1972 Patrick Keiran
249
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM005820 Carlisle Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM005821 Fulton Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM012021 Ballard Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
BEREA015223 Fulton Kentucky
BEREA
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182362 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182361 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0053171 Todd Kentucky 28 Mar 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021525 Montgomery Tennessee 23 Apr 1949 Floyd Brown and Alfred Clebsch
148-4-6
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0053134 Todd Kentucky 28 Mar 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0082118 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021521 Obion Tennessee 05 May 1984 Edward W Chester
84-39
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0114450 Montgomery Tennessee 23 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021528 Montgomery Tennessee 12 Apr 1977 Edward W Chester
3180
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156453 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM014071 Christian Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM009173 Shelby Tennessee 03 Apr 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
60
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488053 Shelby Tennessee 17 May 1980 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1753
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182358 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182360 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182366 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
012212 Shelby Tennessee
BOON
Phacelia ranunculacea
012213 Shelby Tennessee
BOON
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0114728 Henderson Kentucky
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0077028 Christian Kentucky 07 Apr 1994 Landon McKinney
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0040908 Christian Kentucky 08 Apr 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156444 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156455 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156460 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488095 Henderson Kentucky Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100733383 Henderson Kentucky L. Phillippe
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488046 Hickman Kentucky Deborah White
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182368 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182610 Ballard Kentucky
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182359 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
UCHT024522 Ballard Kentucky
UCHT
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021519 Stewart Tennessee 14 May 1992 James Joyner
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021531 Stewart Tennessee 18 Apr 1987 Edward W Chester
87-64
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0120369 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156440 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100733375 Fulton Kentucky Landon E. Mckinney
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488038 Ballard Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31234100488111 Carlisle Kentucky Raymond Athey
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
31973000017188 Christian Kentucky
KNK
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182370 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182367 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021522 Montgomery Tennessee 16 Apr 1968 Wayne Chester
1996
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021526 Montgomery Tennessee 07 Apr 1974 Edward W Chester
2677
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156458 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156442 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0091718 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0114440 Ohio Kentucky 27 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021516 Obion Tennessee 09 Apr 1987 Milo Pyne
1672
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0082119 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0053994 Christian Kentucky 11 Apr 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156459 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182364 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
TENN-V-0182611 Carlisle Kentucky
TENN
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021523 Montgomery Tennessee 12 Apr 1967 Wayne Chester
1588
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
APSC0021514 Ballard Kentucky 23 Apr 1976 Raymond Athey
3279
APSC
Phacelia ranunculacea
BRIT156457 Tennessee
VDB
Phacelia ranunculacea
N/A Henderson Kentucky Mary E. Wharton
EKY
Phacelia ranunculacea
MEM005075 Hickman Kentucky Raymond Athey
MEM
Phacelia ranunculacea
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Phacelia ranunculacea - Dwayne Estes
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Phacelia ranunculacea - Dwayne Estes
Phacelia ranunculacea - Dwayne Estes
Phacelia ranunculacea - Dwayne Estes
Phacelia ranunculacea - Dwayne Estes