Phacelia tanacetifolia

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Read about Phacelia tanacetifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Phacelia tanacetifolia, Benth. (P. tripinnata, Hort.). Erect annual, often cult., roughish hirsute or hispid, not glandular, or above slightly so, 1-3 ft. high: lvs. pinnately 9-17-divided into linear or oblong-linear once or twice pinnately parted or cleft divisions, all sessile or nearly so, the lobes mostly linear-oblong: spikes cymosely clustered, at length elongated: very short fruiting pedicels ascending or erect: calyx-lobes linear or linear-spatulate, not twice the length of the ellipsoidal caps.; stamens and style conspicuously exserted: seeds with very narrow pits bounded by thick walls. Calif. B.M. 3703. B.R. 1696.—Said to be sometimes cult, as a bee-plant. According to Jepson, "Cows fed on it show a marked increase in yield of milk but will not eat it alone at first." Variable. Var. alba, Hort., has been offered. L. F. Henderson. CH


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