Phacelia tanacetifolia

PHACELIA tanacetifolia
Purple Tansy

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Type:
Annual

Height: 2-3' (60-90cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Mauve

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Polemoniales (Jacob's Ladder Order)

Family: Hydrophyllaceae

Genus: Phacelia

Species: tanacetifolia (with leaves like Tansy)

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Phacelia tanacetifolia is a more elegant plant than the more common Phacelia campanularia we grow in our gardens. It reaches a height of a foot or more, with ferny leaves which may turn red in hot weather, and stems which are rough and slightly hairy. It bears terminal clusters of pale mauve or blue flowers, with very long stamens, in a curved raceme, like the flowers of Forget-me-Not.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
Each individual flower has its own seedpod up the stem. The seedpod is a round ball.

Seed
The seeds are small coffee-coloured dimpled drops. There are several seeds in each seedpod.

Seedling
The seedleaves are long and thin. The first true leaves are hairy and very finely divided.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 11 days.

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	Seed Pod Each individual flower has its own seedpod up the stem. The seedpod is a round ball.
	Seed The seeds are small coffee-coloured dimpled drops. There are several seeds in each seedpod.
	Seedling The seedleaves are long and thin. The first true leaves are hairy and very finely divided.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 11 days.