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Phacelia imbricata
Spotted on Apr 25, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012
13 Comments
Thanks, Oxy Jack.!! I will upload it as another spotting then I am going to leave this picture here for comparison. But this one is truly a bee flower. The bees just loved it!
I think the second picture may be another species of Phacelia. It looks like the flowers are a pale purple, and instead of having two curls unfurling across from each other, this seems to have 5-7 of them all unfurling from a central point. But they are opening in the same way, from the base outward to the tips.
This one is Oxyjack's :) Glad you have your ID!
Wow Cindy you are simply amazing.and so is Oxy jack!
Thanks to both of you.
Wikipedia - The flower buds are held in tight, hairy coils which uncoil as the flowers open one by one.
Check pic 2 out. these were side by side. Little confusing.
Oxyjack nailed the genus. Species would be tricky with this one pic. Check out mine: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/100...
It does look like that. Next time I am on that side I will take more pictures and have a better look.
Thanks Oxy jack. i will check that soon.
Check out Phacelia imbricata.
It's some kind of Phacelia, I think.
Thank you Ava.
I think this is a heliotrope.