Phacelia tanacetifolia
Benth.
Tansy phacelia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Honey
None known
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Australia, North America, Norway, Scandinavia, Russia, Tasmania, USA,
How to Identify
A herb or small shrub. It grows 1.3 m high. The flowers are lavender blue. It attracts beneficial insects and is a good honey producing crop.
How to Grow
Succeeds in any moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Prefers a moist soil. The flowers are a rich source of nectar and is occasionally grown commercially as a crop for bees.
Propagation: Sow seed in situ in late spring or late summer. The plant often self-sows.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Other Uses
Used as a green manure crop, though as of 1980 it had not been properly tested in Britain. It is not deeply rooted. The plant attracts wildlife and is suited to food forest systems.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Phacelia tanacetifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae, known by the common names lacy phacelia, tansy-leaf phacelia, blue tansy, purple tansy or fiddleneck (UK).
Notes
Also put in the family Hydrophyllaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Honningurt
References (4)
- Curtis, W.M., 1993, The Student's Flora of Tasmania. Part 3 St David's Park Publishing, Tasmania, p 486
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 122
- Girard, N. J., 2020, Sustainable Foraging of Wild Edible Plants in Norway. A Biocultural Approach. M. Sc. thesis Norwegian University. p 129
- J. Lindley, Edward's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1696. 1834 (Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17:280; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1:479. 1835)
