Piper’s Bellflower (Campanula piperi)
Olympic National Forest, WA, 8/2020.
A long car ride followed by a steep and crowded trail were suddenly made worthwhile when we spotted these endemic bellflowers growing in-between the rocks (more…)
Bach’s Calicoflower (Downingia bacigalupii)
Hyatt Lake Recreation Area, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, OR, 7/2019.
What a pleasant surprise to discover large patches of these tiny blue & yellow flowers in the dry outlet of Hyatt Lake, in Southern Oregon. (more…)
Scouler’s Bluebell (Campanula scouleri)
Hamilton Mountain Trail, Columbia Gorge, WA, 6/2015.
This small, unassuming woodland flower does not immediately seem similar to its more common relative, rotundiflora. (more…)
Bluebell aka Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
Olympic N.P., WA, 8/2010.
Often called “Bluebells of Scotland” to distinguish it from Mertensia paniculata, these can be found virtually anywhere, from sea level to treeline, from Alaska to Mexico. (more…)
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