Biology:Ravenella griffinii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Ravenella griffinii
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Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Ravenella
Species:
R. griffinii
Binomial name
Ravenella griffinii
(Morin) Morin (2020)
Synonyms[2]
  • Campanula angustiflora var. exilis J.T.Howell (1938)
  • Campanula griffinii Morin (1980)

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.

References

  1. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140828 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe
  2. Ravenella griffinii (Morin) Morin. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

External links

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