Ravenella griffinii

Ravenella 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.

Ravenella griffinii

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Ravenella
Species:
R. griffinii
Binomial name
Ravenella griffinii
Morin

References

  1. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140828 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe
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