Lacy Phacelia with a hoverfly - Photo by blumenbiene
The Lacy Phacelia, also known as Bee's friend, is native to the Southwestern USA and Northern Mexico.
It is often grown as an ornamental plant but in agriculture it is used as a cover crop, a bee plant, and to attract other beneficial insects such as hoverflies (family Syrphidae).
Names
Scientific
Phacelia tanacetifolia
English
Bee's friend
Lacy Phacelia
Dutch
Bijenvoer
Bijenvriend
French
Phacélie
Phacélie à feuilles de tanaisie
German
Bienenfreund
Bienenweide
Büschelblume
Büschelschön
Rainfarn-Phazelie
Taxonomy
Order
Boraginales
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Phacelia
Species
Phacelia tanacetifolia (Lacy Phacelia)
Basic information and facts
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Crop categories
Cool temperate crops
Cover crops
Green manures
Mediterranean crops
Minor crops
Ornamental plants
Temperate crops
Pictures
Phacelia - Photo by minicooper93402
Lacy Phacelia or Bee's friend - Photo by Yasuo Kida
Phacelia visited by a Bee - Photo by blumenbiene