Desert Canterbury bells

Phacelia campanularia

"Phacelia campanularia" is a species of flowering plant in the borage family. Its true native range is within the borders of California, in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, but it is commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant and it can be found growing elsewhere as an introduced species.
Desert Canterbury Bells The bright blue flower of the Desert Canterbury Bells (Phacelia campanularia) at Joshua Tree National Park, California, United States. Conservation Status: vulnerable (G3?) (NatureServe). Vulnerable. Endemic to southern California in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts at elevations less than 1600 m. (Baldwin et al. 2002). California,Desert Canterbury Bells,Geotagged,Joshua Tree National Park,Phacelia campanularia,Spring,United States,flower

Appearance

This annual herb has an erect stem reaching 0.7 metres in maximum height. It is covered in glandular hairs. The leaf blades are somewhat rounded with toothed edges. The inflorescence is a loose cyme of flowers. The flower has a bright blue corolla up to 4 centimeters long which can be bell-shaped, funnel-shaped, or round and flattened. It can have white spots in the throat. The protruding stamens and style can be 4.5 centimeters long. The fruit is a capsule up to 1.5 centimeters long.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderBoraginales
FamilyBoraginaceae
GenusPhacelia
SpeciesCampanularia
Photographed in
Netherlands
United States of America