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Campanula griffinii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Campanulaceae

Scientific name
  
Campanula griffinii

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Campanula

Higher classification
  
Bellflowers

Similar
  
Campanula shetleri, Campanula scabrella, Campanula scouleri, Bellflowers, Campanulaceae

Campanula griffinii is a species of bellflower known by the common name Griffin's bellflower. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the North and Central Coast Ranges in chaparral habitat on serpentine soils. This is an annual herb producing a thin, erect stem up to 20 centimeters tall. The leathery leaves are linear in shape, toothed along the edges, and less than a centimeter long. The stem and foliage are sometimes reddish in color and may have stiff hairs. The small, cylindrical flower is pale blue to white and less than 4 millimeters long. The fruit is an oblong, ribbed capsule.

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Campanula griffinii Wikipedia