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Rareflower Heterocodon Heterocodon rariflorum
Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, May 2009. Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. I have yet to catch its tiny blue flowers (a "rare" event.) Often cleistogamous (i.e., flowers do not open). |
Cleistogamous flower (the flower does not open and therefore must self-fertilize)
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