About Eastwoodiella californica (Kellogg) Morin
Eastwoodiella californica (Kellogg) Morin is a hairy, rhizomatous perennial herb. It produces a thin creeping stem that grows 10 to 30 centimeters long. Its leaves are thin, rippled, oval-shaped, and measure 1 to 2 centimeters long. The plant produces bell-shaped pale blue flowers with curving petals that reach up to 1.5 centimeters long. Its fruit is a ribbed, spherical capsule. This species is endemic to California, growing along the coastline between Marin and Mendocino Counties. It occurs mainly in wet habitats including bogs, marshes, and wet forest floors. Albert Kellogg first formally described this species in 1863, under the name Wahlenbergia californica. Later, the species was reclassified into the genus Campanula. Phylogenetic molecular studies found that the genus Campanula was paraphyletic, so this species was moved into the new genus Eastwoodiella. The genus is named for botanist Alice Eastwood, who lived from 1859 to 1953.
