Phacelia bolanderi
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Phacelia bolanderi is a species of flowering plant known by several common names, including Bolander's phacelia, Bolander's scorpionweed, blue-flowered grape-leaf, and caterpillar flower. The plant is native to Oregon and coastal northern California. It was named for the California botanist Henry Nicholas Bolander
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It bears attractive papery inch-wide purple, lavender, or blue flowers and strongly toothed leaves which resemble those of grape
. The plant blooms later than most others, and is commonly in flower during the hottest summer months.
Henry Nicholas Bolander
Henry Nicholas Bolander was a German-American botanist and educator.Bolander was born in Schlüchtern, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1846. He joined his uncle in Columbus, Ohio and enrolled in the Columbus Lutheran Seminary. He graduated from the seminary and was ordained a...
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It bears attractive papery inch-wide purple, lavender, or blue flowers and strongly toothed leaves which resemble those of grape
Grape
A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also...
. The plant blooms later than most others, and is commonly in flower during the hottest summer months.