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Phacelia
Phacelia
45.2101, -123.199
Field Notes
Description:
Perennial with a taproot and usually a branched
stem base. Flowering time: May-August.
Notes:
Water: low, drought tolerant
Soil type: dry sandy to gravelly soils, especially on slopes
It is grown in gardens for its colour and to attract insects and on a larger scale in fields as a green manure. It is also planted in the edges of fields, where it used to attract bees and hoverflies that feed on aphids. It is found in bird-seed and as a contaminant of grass-seed.
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