Grateful for your help recognizing a meliferous plant from Cyprus?

Greetings from Cyprus! I wonder if anyone could help us to recognize this plant, because we have never seen it anywhere else in Cyprus. The plants grow by a small creek, blossom in April. The flowers have a very sweet smell and attract a lot of bees.

Thank you so much in advance!

 

Welcome MerMer.

Looks like Phacelia tanacetifolia.

Excellent pic of the leaves in 1st link.

Phacelia tanacetifolia - User generated plant information


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phacelia_tanacetifolia

 

Thank you

Dear Silver Surfer,

Thank you so much for your help identifying the plant. Judging by the pictures, it's what you say - Phacelia tanacetifolia :yess:. And it explains why we have not seen it anywhere else in Cyprus: it is not native to Cyprus, it's brought from Mexico/Southern USA (which is not surpriving given how many prickly pears we have around, also brought from Mexico). Somebody must have planted it there for bees, we live in a honey producing area.

Thank you so much indeed, without your help we would still be wondering...