Campanulaceae
Common blue-cup
Githopsis specularioides
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Githopsis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Common blue-cup, Common bluecup
Synonyms
- Githopsis calycina Benth.
- Githopsis calycina var. hirsuta Benth.
- Githopsis specularioides f. hirsuta (Nutt.) H.St.John
- Githopsis specularioides subsp. specularioides
- Githopsis specularioides var. hirsuta Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: jonsense, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Julie Wittmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andy Kleinhesselink, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randal, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Shane Johnson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Justin Paulin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: drizard, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.