Common names:
Fiddleneck, lacy phacelia
Family:
Scientific name:
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and parts of Scotland; an introduced species, from the USA
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Arable fields, waste ground, roadsides
Flowers:
The corolla has five pale pink lobes, up to 9 mm in length, with five slender purple stamens, up to three times as long. The calyx is divided into five narrow, linear lobes, densely covered by long hairs. Flowers are arranged in dense, elongated clusters, with four or five branches; initially coiled, then lengthening as they mature
Leaves:
Twice pinnately divided into short, ciliate segments. Up to 20 cm long, on stalks
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
