Annual Bluebell

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Wahlenbergia gracilenta


Single to few-stemmed annual herb to 10 cm (occasionally much taller). Oval leaves with wavy margins. Tiny blue flowers on long, branched stems.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Very dainty delicate hairy plant, small in all its parts.

Biology

Annual. Well drained soils in grassland, woodland and forest.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Nov

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asterales
Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Wahlenbergia
Species
gracilenta

Withers early in summer as the soil dries out. Named after the Swiss botanist Goran Wahlenberg (1780-1851).


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native