Triodanis biflora

Venus looking glass

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Venus looking glass is a California native annual found in the Central West Coast and Central Coast Ranges in disturbed areas at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces pale blue to white flowers with delicate corolla lobes 4 to 7 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems up to 30 centimeters tall, it forms a compact, somewhat branching habit. Its leaves are small, measuring 5 to 15 millimeters long with acute tips and subtle veining. The fruit develops with small pores near the top, characteristic of this subtle yet charming wildflower.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: CA-FP (exc CaR)

California counties: Orange, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Plumas, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Fresno, Lake, San Diego, Tehama, Humboldt, Contra Costa, Mendocino, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Siskiyou, Butte, Glenn, El Dorado, Madera, Solano, Trinity, San Joaquin, Monterey, Alameda, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Marin, Napa, Tuolumne, Del Norte, San Mateo, Ventura, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Yolo, Colusa

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