Harebells

Description:

Flowers are about ¾ inch long, blue to blue-violet, bell shaped with 5 slightly flaring pointed lobes. A long style protrudes from the center, its tip splits into 3 parts as the plant matures. A plant may have a single flower, or a loosely arranged raceme at the top of the stem. There is a rosette of 1-inch round basal leaves that withers away by the time the flowers bloom. The stem leaves are vary narrow and grass-like, up to 3 inches long, alternately attached. They tend to angle up and curve down. The main stem is very slender. One plant can have multiple stems, so it looks like a clump, the leaves a tangled mass.

Habitat:

Sandy prairie