Lori

'Blue Lace Flower', or Trachymene coerulea is a native plant of western
australia. It grows in the coastal sand. It is an annual and flowers in the
early summer. Sometimes the whole area is thick with the plants and it looks
spectacularas the flowers are a gorgeous sky blue. It is a member of the
carrot family (Apiacea) and when the flowers finish the seeds are held in
the flower head so it is quite easy to collect and grow the seeds. I grew
them for quite a long time but eventually I forgot to collect the seeds and
they died out in my garden. You do get the odd white plant amongst the blue.

Try http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/photo?f=281&level=s&id=6266
and you should get a photo. You can see the flowers are domed rather than
flat.

Regards

Helen Frederiksen
In Perth WA

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