Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Blue ), 0 by htop

htop wrote:
Phacelia, Blue Curls, Caterpillar, Fiddleneck, Spider Flower, Wild Heliotrope (Phacelia congesta), Hydrophyllaceae Family, Texas native, annual/biennial, blooms from February or March through May or June

Blue curls is found natively in gravelly, rocky or sandy soils on woodland edges, river and stream banks, and around ponds. It typically is found in large colonies which make a dramatic display in late winter/early spring. The alternate, soft, 4 inch long, 1 5/8 inch wide hairy leaves have deeply cut lobes which are irregularly toothed. The .25 inch purple, blue or white blooms appear in raceme-like, coiled clusters. The coils unfurl as the blooms open. The blooms have 5 petals that are united and form an open bell shape. The stamens conspicuously protrude past the petals. The plant grows easily from seed.

Distribution:
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/vpt_map_name?reg=2,4,5,6,...

For more informationand more photos, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55642/index.html

The coils with blooms about to open ...