Githopsis Explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3]} There are four known species within the genus.^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=370288 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2770,2803 Jepson Manual Treatment
3. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GITHO USDA Plants Profile
4. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Githopsis Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps