Phacelia campanularia var. campanularia

Family: Hydrophyllaceae · Type: annual · Native

Desert Canterbury bells is a California native annual found in western Colorado Desert regions in open, sandy or gravelly areas to pinyon and juniper woodland at elevations below 1,600 meters. Flowering from February to May, this plant produces deep blue flowers in delicate bell-shaped corollas 6 to 30 millimeters wide, with rotate to bell-like petals. Growing with slender stems 15 to 45 centimeters tall, it develops an upright, somewhat branching habit. Its leaves feature long petioles 10 to 100 millimeters in length, with blades 20 to 70 millimeters long that provide a soft, delicate backdrop to the vibrant blue blossoms. The plant's distinctive stamens extend 20 to 35 millimeters, complemented by an equally long style cleft nearly halfway down its length.

Habitat: Open, sandy or gravelly areas to pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: Feb-May

Elevation: < 1600 m

Bioregions: w DSon.

California counties: San Diego

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