Githopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family which are known as bluecups. These are small annual wildflowers with white or purple white-throated blooms. Bluecups are native to western North America, especially California.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesJepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile There are four known species within the genus.Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
Species:
Githopsis diffusa A.Gray - San Gabriel bluecup - California, Baja California, Guadalupe Island Githopsis pulchella Vatke - Sierra bluecup - Sacramento Valley of California Githopsis specularioides Nutt. - common bluecup - Vancouver Island, Washington, Oregon, California, northern Idaho, northwestern Montana Githopsis tenella Morin - tubeflower bluecup - California
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