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Campanulaceae

Slimpod Venus' looking-glass

Triodanis leptocarpa Nieuwl.

Family
Campanulaceae
Genus
Triodanis

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Slimpod Venus' looking-glass: This small annual could be a true Great Plains element that occasionally enters the sagebrush steppe along the eastern edge of this biome.
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Slimpod Venus' looking-glass, Slim-pod Venus' looking-glass

Synonyms

  • Campanula leptocarpa Engelm. ex A.Gray
  • Campylocera leptocarpa Nutt.
  • Campylocera leptocarpa var. glabella Nutt.
  • Legousia leptocarpa (Nutt.) Britton
  • Pentagonia leptocarpa (Nutt.) Kuntze
  • Specularia leptocarpa A.Gray
  • Specularia linsecomia Buckley

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.