Ravenella angustiflora

Eastwood's bellflower

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Eastwood's bellflower is a California native annual found in northern coastal, San Francisco Bay, and southern coastal ranges in chaparral, burned areas, and serpentine soil at elevations of 30 to 1,000 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces pale blue to white flowers in small cylindric corollas about 2.5 to 6 millimeters long. Growing with stiffly hairy erect stems 5 to 20 centimeters tall, it has an upright, slender form. Its leathery leaves are sessile, oblong-ovate, 4.5 to 9 millimeters long, with few teeth along the margins. The fruit is spheric with strong ribs and pores near the middle.

Habitat: Chaparral, burns, serpentine soil

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 30-1000 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoRI, SnFrB, SCoRO.

California counties: Santa Cruz, Marin, Lake, Colusa, Sonoma, Solano, Mendocino, Napa, San Luis Obispo, El Dorado

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