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Annual to perennial herb [ tree].
Leaf: generally cauline, generally simple, generally alternate, petioled or not; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, raceme, spike, or flowers 1; terminal or in axils of leaf-like or reduced bracts.
Flower: bisexual, cleistogamous or open, radial or bilateral, inverted ( pedicel twisted 180°) or not; hypanthium generally present, ± fused to ovary; sepals generally 5; corolla radial to 2-lipped, petals generally fused, tube deeply divided on 1 side or not, lobes generally 5; stamens 5, free or ± fused ( anthers, filaments fused into tube or filaments fused above middle); ovary inferior or 1/2 inferior (superior in fruit), chambers 1–3, placentas axile or parietal, ovules many, style generally 1, 2–5-branched.
Fruit: generally capsule, open on sides or top by pores or short valves.
Seed: many.
± 90 genera, ± 2500 species: worldwide. [Haberle et al. 2008 J Molec Evol 66:350–361] Some cultivated for ornamental (Campanula, Jasione, Lobelia). Subfamilies sometimes treated as families. Positions of flower parts given after flowering inversion, if any. Parishella moved to Nemacladus. —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Unabridged references: [Lammers 2007 World Checklist and Bibliography of Campanulaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.]
1 sp. (Thomas C. Porter, US botanist, 1822–1901)
Annual, 2–30 cm, emergent or terrestrial, glabrous.
Stem: erect, branches from base or 0.
Leaf: cauline, sessile; blade (5)12–15 mm, (1)3–5 mm wide, narrowly ovate (aerial) to narrowly triangular ( submersed), entire or few-toothed.
Inflorescence: raceme; bract 1 per flower, leaf-like, ascending; pedicels in fruit 1–3 cm.
Flower: inverted, fragrant; hypanthium 1–2.5 mm; sepals >= fruit, narrowly triangular; corolla >> calyx, blue, with a symmetric yellow spot on lower lip, tube entire, 4–5 mm, cylindric, strongly 2-lipped, adaxial lobes 2, 1–2 mm, narrowly triangular, erect, abaxial lip with 2 low ridges, 3–8 mm, ± round, spreading; stamens fused, anthers ± 2 mm, tufted, 2 short anthers also with horn-like appendage ± 0.5 mm; ovary 2-chambered, stigma cup- or plate-like, papillate.
Fruit: 5–10 mm, narrowly obconic to cylindric, valvate; top acute, ± pointed, or rounded.
Seed: 1 mm, smooth except finely striate.
n=12. Moist, grassy roadsides, lake and pond edges; 1300–3500 m. High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, Great Basin Floristic Province;
Previous taxon: Porterella
Next taxon: Triodanis
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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