I don't know what this is, but if it were a thousand times bigger it might be a sandworm from Dune. If sandworms had flowers growing out of themselves, that is.
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Kevin Drum's take on this sounds whimsical, but appears justified.. At first glsnce, It seemed like something wrapped with ribbon, braidlike.
I’m sure the hive will come up with an answer
Biollante. As in "Godzilla versus."
Phacelia distans, I think -- native to CA. Called distant phacelia in English, for unknown reasons.
Also called wild heliotrope on this website. It has a fernlike structure and one picture looks much like Kevin's. (Other images of phacelia distans in image search look very different, more like a loose flower with sticky stems we called bachelor's button in Florida, because you could wear them.) https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=6318
plumbago, I identify my florida flower belatedly.
Boy, I am not convinced. Maybe that one picture, if I squint, sort of looks like it. The other pics make it look leggy and all spread out. I suppose if nothing better comes along then I’ll defer.
Maybe we need a plant guy like Steve of Ohio is with birds…
This is a better photo than that website. A Phacelia flower stalk starts out curled up like a fern fiddlehead, then unrolls and blooms from bottom to top as I recall, just a few flowers at a time. Could be a different species -- that was the one I thought of though. https://tchester.org/plants/analysis/phacelia/pix/Phacelia_distans_in_fruit_3_jasper_drainage_140128_crop_50.jpg
Aha!
Looks like what I'd call ground ivy; a member of the mint family. Mostly considered an invasive weed, though the pollinators seem to adore it.