Californica 2023- September Phacelia californica

For September I'm working on the Phacelia californica also known as California scorpionweed.

California scorpionweed is so pretty and so unexpected! It has these hairy curly bases to their pretty flowers. Okay, so no technical terms there!! They are considered to be inflorescence which means they are clusters of flowers on the stems or a complicated arrangement of branches. The flowers are bell-shaped. The flowers can be white, pale blue, or even lavender! They are tiny- about only 1/3 of an inch wide. Oh, and the Mission blue butterfly goes to this flower for food! Side note: the Mission blue butterfly is both endemic to San Francisco and endangered! So more California scorpionweed please!!

Full disclosure: I'm really not sure I'm name the flower parts correctly and couldn't find labeled pictures that named all the parts that what I wanted to know. Apologies for all my mistakes! So this is what I understand the plant to be: leaves, stems, leaflets, hairy flower clusters with bell-shaped flowers on coiling stem. Again, I'm using these names because I think that's right but as I've exactly zero training in botany, gardening, horticulture, agriculture, or any other relevant science, folk or otherwise, I am most likely naming things incorrectly.

I've also added another picture because the coiling portion of the flower is not clear in the first picture.

Here's the plan:

Colors: DMC 209, 210, 211, 310, 368, & old J & P Coats 210 (DMC 320 is a reasonably close color option)

Stem (A): Couched- Couch 2 strands of OJ&PC 210

Leaflets (B): Lazy Daisy Stitch- 2 strands of 368 (not really in the pattern)

Flowers (C): Straight Stitch- 2 strands of 210, 2 strands of 211, 1 strand of 209 & Lazy Daisy Stitch- 2 strands of 210

Name: Backstitch- 2 strands of 310

Box: Split stitch- 2 strands of 310, but maybe you want to save this for after you've completed more months to get a nice even stitch across months...