Original identification: Phacelia sericea
Current identification: Phacelia sericea
Photographer: Gerald D. Carr
Date Photographed: July 17, 2012
Location: U.S.A., Oregon, Harney County: Steens Mt. Loop Rd., between heads of Mosquito Cr. and Little Blitzen River, 23.2 mi. ESE of Frenchglen.
Elevation: 9172 ft.
Coordinates: 42.69157° N, 118.56727° W
Phenology: Flowers
Comments: The deep purple style is bifid, and the stamens are exserted (long-exserted).