Annual Bluebell: Above

Annual Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilenta)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sunflowers (Asterales)

Family:

Bellflower (Campanulaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Annual Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilenta)

This Photo:

🔍Above🔎

Other name:

Blue-bell

Thank you Dr Peter Lang for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
We were stumped with this one, both from being white & having a hairy calyx. We couldn't find a match.
Peter said "I'm always pleased when I see forms with hairs on the hypanthium, as it is a good indicator of W. gracilenta (along with its annual habit). However, it is more often than not glabrous. Variably hairy on fruit and calyx, and often white. Always annual."

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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