[Heliotropes and Phacelias: The Genus Phacelia in the Southwestern Deserts of the United States]

California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells

Phacelia minor

Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor

California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor) - California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor)

Desertbells as photographed on horneblende substrates about one-third of a mile up Hornbend Canyon off San Diego County Route S-3, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.........March 26, 2011 (left) and March 31, 2010 (right).

Flower of California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor) - Sideview of the corolla of California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor)

Close-ups of the flower of desertbells. Note that the tube is about as long as the corolla is wide. Photographed on horneblende substrates about one-third of a mile up Hornbend Canyon off San Diego County Route S-3, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.........March 26, 201.

California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor)

Desertbells blooming in the wash at Plum Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park..........March 11, 2011.

California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor) - California Bluebell, Wild Canterbury Bells: Phacelia minor (Synonyms: Phacelia minor var. whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia whitlavia var. jonesii, Whitlavia grandiflora, Whitlavia minor)

Wild canterbury bells blooming at left against the base of a palm in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......April 1, 2006. The photo at right shows wild canterbury bells blooming in Culp Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA........March 29, 2011.
Paul Slichter