The California CNPS recently reported on the discovery of a new Phacelia species. It was found by two USFS botanists along a dirt road toward Damnation Pass, northwest of Redding.
The plant doesn’t have a name yet, but the team is leaning toward P. damnatio to commemorate the location of Damnation Pass
Read story at A New Phacelia Hidden in Plain Sight – California Native Plant Society
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