Smithiastrum wilkinsianum

Wilkin's harebell

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Wilkin's harebell is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and Mount Shasta region in subalpine forests, wet meadows, and stream sides at elevations of 1,600 to 2,900 meters. Flowering from June to September, this delicate plant produces blue bell-shaped flowers 12 to 15 millimeters long with recurved lobes that are about half the length of the corolla. Growing in dense colonies with slender stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms compact clumps in alpine and subalpine environments. Its leaves are crowded near the base, measuring 15 to 20 millimeters long with distant teeth and very short petioles less than 1.5 millimeters. The distinctive blue style, curved and extending 15 to 18 millimeters with papillate surfaces, adds to the plant's unique botanical character.

Habitat: Subalpine forests, wet meadows, stream sides, on serpentine-peridotite or volcanic and glacial till

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1600-2900 m

Bioregions: KR, CaRH (Mount Shasta).

California counties: Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta, Plumas

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