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Campanula angustiflora

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Campanulaceae

Scientific name
  
Campanula angustiflora

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Campanula

Higher classification
  
Bellflowers

Similar
  
Campanula shetleri, Campanula scabrella, Campanula scouleri, Bellflowers

Campanula angustiflora is a species of bellflower known by the common name Eastwood's bellflower. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the hills and mountains surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a flower of the chaparral plant community. This is a hairy annual herb producing a thin, branching stem up to 20 centimeters tall. The leaves are leathery in texture and oval in shape, measuring between 0.5 and 1 centimeter in length, with a few teeth along the edges. The bell-shaped flower is pale blue or white and just a few millimeters long. The fruit is a ribbed, spherical capsule.

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Campanula angustiflora Wikipedia