Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; disjunct in Washington and California from core distribution in Idaho and Montana.
Habitat: Open, rocky areas at high elevations.
Flowers: June-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Generalist
Perennial herbs from a branched base and taproot, with fine, spreading, stiff hairs throughout, the several stems up to 1 dm. tall.
Leaves entire, the basal ones oblanceolate, 0.5-4 cm. long, the cauline ones alternate, narrower and reduced.
Flowers usually solitary, erect; calyx lobes 5, 2-6 mm. long; corolla bell-shaped, blue, 6-12 mm. long, the 5 lobes about equal to the tube; stamens 5; style equaling the corolla; ovary inferior.
Capsule 3-celled, cylindric-obconic, 5-7 mm. long.
Publication: Bot. Gaz. 6(7): 237-238. 1881.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Campanula scabrella in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Campanula scabrella checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Campanula scabrella information.
E-Flora BC: Campanula scabrella atlas page.
CalPhotos: Campanula scabrella photos.
USDA Plants: Campanula scabrella information.
