<![CDATA[Photos from Smartphones]]> https://cleartalking.com/main/ https://cleartalking.com/main/young-duranta-erecta-plant/ <![CDATA[Young Duranta erecta plant]]> https://cleartalking.com/main/young-duranta-erecta-plant/ Duranta erecta ]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:48:54 +0000 47509 2023-12-18 https://cleartalking.com/main/media/reviews/photos/original/44/4f/07/20231207-161507-83-1702889443.jpg Duranta erecta grows as a sprawling shrub or (rarely) as a small tree. It can reach a height of 6 m (20 ft) and a width of the same. Axillary thorns are present in mature specimens but are sometimes lacking in younger ones. 

The leaves are light green, opposite, elliptic to ovate, and up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) broad, with a 1.5 cm petiole.

The flowers are light blue or lavender, formed in tight clusters on terminal and axillary stems, sometimes looking as panicles, and bloom in July. The fruit is a tiny globose yellow or orange berry with numerous seeds that can grow up to 11 mm (0.43 in) in diameter.
]]> https://cleartalking.com/main/phacelia-fremontii-calflora-plant/ <![CDATA[Phacelia fremontii calflora plant]]> https://cleartalking.com/main/phacelia-fremontii-calflora-plant/ Phacelia fremontii calflora ]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2023 07:58:28 +0000 47507 2023-12-18 https://cleartalking.com/main/media/reviews/photos/original/fb/90/45/20231207-161335-94-1702886409.jpg The scented annual plant Phacelia fremontii has a branched decumbent or erect stem up to 30 centimeters long. It is hairy and glandular along the direction of the inflorescence. 

The leaves are 15-50 millimetres (0.6-2.0 in) long and strongly lobed or divided into spherical leaflets. Calyx lobes are 3-5 millimeters (0.12-0.20 in) long, linear to oblanceolate in shape, and covered in short glandular hairs. 

The corolla is funnel- or bell-shaped and can grow to be 1.5 to 2 cm long. It has a blue, pink, or purple body and a yellow throat. The plant thrives in a variety of habitats, including scrub and grassland, on sandy or gravelly soils.]]>