Eastwoodiella californica

Swamp harebell

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Swamp harebell is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in southern Northern Coast and northern Central Coast bioregions in marshy areas at elevations up to 400 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces pale blue flowers in bell-shaped corollas 8 to 15 millimeters long with reflexed lobes. Growing with clambering stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall that have stiff, recurved hairs along stem angles, it develops thin, elliptic to ovate leaves 10 to 20 millimeters long with crenate or irregularly serrate margins. Its leaves are arranged with short or absent petioles, and individual flowers emerge singly at each node. The fruit is spheric and weakly ribbed, with basal pores containing small elliptic seeds less than one millimeter long.

Habitat: Marshy areas

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: <= 400 m

Bioregions: s NCo, n CCo.

California counties: Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, Santa Cruz

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.