Common Name: BELLFLOWER FAMILY Habit: 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. Genera In Family: +- 90 genera, +- 2500 species: worldwide. Note: Some cultivated for ornament (Campanula, Jasione, Lobelia). Subfamilies sometimes treated as families. Positions of flower parts given after flowering inversion, if any. Parishella moved to Nemacladus. eFlora Treatment Author: Nancy R. Morin, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: BLUECUP Habit: Annual, glabrous to hairy; roots fibrous. Stem: generally erect, 2--40 cm, 4-angled, branched or not. Leaf: cauline, widely linear to ovate, serrate, sessile. Inflorescence: flowers terminal, bracts 2--4, linear, lanceolate, oblanceolate, to ovate. Flower: not inverted, pedicelled or not; sepals 0.5--3 × ovary, linear to narrowly triangular; corolla cylindric, funnel-, or bell-shaped, throat white, lobes linear to widely ovate, white to deep purple; ovary inferior, obconic or cylindric, narrowed near middle or not. Fruit: open at top irregularly by tears where style falls off, within persistent sepals. Seed: +- 1 mm, angular-fusiform. Etymology: (Greek: Githago -like) Note: Width in length-to-width ratios of corollas (or ovaries) measured at tube (or ovary) tops. Reference: Morin 1983 Syst Bot 8:436--468
Githopsis specularioides Nutt.
NATIVE Habit: Plant glabrous to hairy. Stem: 2--40 cm. Leaf: 4--20 mm. Inflorescence: bracts 3--12 mm, lanceolate to oblong, > 5 mm apart. Flower: pedicel rarely 0; sepals 1--3 × ovary; corolla 4.5--14 mm, 2 × longer than wide, funnel-shaped, lobes < to +- = tube, deep blue; filament base narrow, sparsely ciliate; ovary 4--14 mm, obconic, +- 3 × longer than wide, top +- narrowed, base long-tapered, ribs 10, equal, style 2.5--6.5 mm, distal 50% papillate. Chromosomes: n=19,20. Ecology: Chaparral, oak woodland; Elevation: 60--1500 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, ScV, SnFrB, s SCoRI (San Luis Obispo, Kern cos.), e SCo (San Bernardino Co.); Distribution Outside California: to British Columbia. Flowering Time: Apr--May Synonyms: Githopsis calycina Benth. Jepson eFlora Author: Nancy R. Morin Reference: Morin 1983 Syst Bot 8:436--468 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Githopsis pulchella subsp. serpentinicola Next taxon: Githopsis tenella
Botanical illustration including Githopsis specularioides
Citation for this treatment: Nancy R. Morin 2012, Githopsis specularioides, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=26999, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Githopsis specularioides:
KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, ScV, SnFrB, s SCoRI (San Luis Obispo, Kern cos.), e SCo (San Bernardino Co.)
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