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Phacelia covillei
Also called Buttercup Scorpionweed
Coville's phacelia is a small native annual wildflower of the eastern and central United States, with light blue-violet flowers in early spring. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower for shaded or woodland-edge gardens, and it self-pollinates in some areas.
Phacelia covillei (Coville's phacelia, buttercup scorpionweed) is a North American species of annual forbs in the family Hydrophyllaceae. It is native to the eastern and central United States in scattered locations from Missouri to Maryland and North Carolina.
Phacelia covillei is self-pollinating, that is, evidently not pollinated by insects or other animals, in the Potomac Gorge Area of Maryland and Virginia.
Glandular yellow phacelia · Limestone phacelia · Aven Nelson's phacelia · Sanddune phacelia · Attwood's phacelia · Southern Sierra phacelia · Fernleaf phacelia · Bolander's phacelia · Shortlobe phacelia · Brewer's phacelia · California phacelia · Calthaleaf phacelia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phacelia covillei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
