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Field Guide


Hughes's phacelia

Hughes's phacelia (Phacelia hughesii)
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Photo by Walter Fertig ; Walter Fertig
Walter Fertig iNaturalist observation 2014; Walter Fertig iNaturalist observation 2014

Phacelia hughesii

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G2
State (S-rank): S1

Utah Wildlife Action Plan status

  • SGCN

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Threats or limiting factors

The main threats are from habitat degradation due to grazing, energy and mineral extraction, drought, and road maintenance. Almost all observations of this plant in the Utah Rare Plant Database reported farming and ranching as a threat at the only known occurrence of this plant in Utah. May also be impacted by the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline project.

Taxonomy

No, this species does not have taxonomic discrepancies