#Phacelia

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Plant of the Day

Monday 16 October 2023

This seed mix was developed to be attractive to bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects and contains both annual and perennial plants. A major annual component is Phacelia tanacetifolia (scorpion weed, purple tansy, fiddle neck, fernleaf fiddle neck) which is often grown as a green manure.

Jill Raggett

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Field of Phacelia: Wiltshire

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Phacelia grandiflora is from one of my favorite plant genera and is one of my favorites even from this genus. Despite how commonly it occurs through its range, P. grandiflora is limited to near-coastal regions and the south side of the Transverse Ranges through the lower third of California and a touch into Baja California. No two plants produce the same flower patterns – some deeply blue-purple, some pale, some with a dark center and pale tips. Growing up to about three feet tall, they thrive in disturbed areas and can on occasion dominate a space, though they usually coexist with other Phacelias such as P. brachyloba and P. cicutaria. The large flowers have a strange pungent odor (sweet, with a strong bias of burning rubber) and feature a prominent nectar cup. They are a favorite of native bees, particularly larger bumble bees which will make sure to pay thorough visits to each flower. The plants can produce numerous small seeds which will grow the following spring with very little water required to produce prolific and showy blooms.

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Mohave Musical Society

Watercolor on Birch Panel

2022, 11x 14

Phacelia campanularia, Desert Bluebell

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San Gabriel River, West Fork

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Phacelia · Zurich · Switzerland

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Waking up in the phacelia field... by Elżbieta Pacuszka Via Flickr: Explore June 23, 2022

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purple gems everywhere. 

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smol flowers

In order:

Longstalk phacelia (Phacelia longipes)

Splendid woodland gilia (Saltugilia splendens)

Scarlet monkeyflower (Erythranthe cardinalis)

Plummer's mariposa lily (Calochortus plummerae)

Grinnel's beardtongue (Penstemon grinnellii)

Cliff aster (Malacothrix saxatilis)

Branching phacelia (Phacelia ramosissima)

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It's PollinatorWeek!

Let's celebrate our little friends - they may be small, but their impact on our lives is huge :)

There's no better time to share all my insect and wildflower pics! Stay tuned!

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Agapostemon sp collecting pollen on cultivated Phacelia tanacetifolia, so-called Vancouver, MST Territories

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Mohave Musical Society

Watercolor on Birch Panel

2022, 11x 14

Phacelia campanularia, Desert Bluebell

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