ON THIS PLANT
Phacelia purshii, common name Miami mist, is a spring flowering annual forb with blue flowers, which is native to eastern and central North America. It is native to the Appalachian Mountains and adjacent regions from Alabama to Pennsylvania, with additional populations in the Tennessee/Ohio Valley, the mid-section of the Mississippi Valley (Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas) and the Great Lakes region (Ohio, Michigan, Ontario, etc.). It grows in floodplain forests and alluvial clearings.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual
- Genus
- Phacelia
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8
- Mature Height
- 49 cm
- Mature Spread
- 20 cm to 40 cm
- Leaf Color
- Light Green
- Leaf Type
- Semi-evergreen
- Flower Color
- Lavender
- Flower Size
- 1.52 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early spring, Mid spring
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Miami-mist en Pursh's phacelia en Pursh phacelia en Purple scorpion weed
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