10 Beautiful Bell-shaped Flowers

Flowers are beautiful to look at; there are a variety of flowers ranging from small, big, penis-like, male and female flowers, and many more. Here is a list of 10 beautiful flowers that are bell-shaped.

1. Blandfordia Punicea

Tasmanian Christmas Bell or Blandfordia Punicea
This tree is popularly known as the Tasmanian Christmas Bell and is native to Tasmania of Australia. The bell-shaped flowers of this tree are bright red in color with yellow tips; these flowers are nearly 4cm long. The leaves are star-shaped.

2. Brachychiton Acerifolius

Bright red brachychiton acerifolius
This is a large tree of the Malvaceae family and is native to subtropical regions of Australia. Brachychiton acerifolius is also called as Illawarra flame tree. These trees have bright red colored bell-shaped flowers; the tree would be laden with these beautiful bell-shaped flowers when there are no leaves.

Brachychiton Acerifolious tree laden with bell-shaped flowers

3. Brickellia Grandiflora

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These belong to daisy family and are native to western North America. Brickellia grandiflora is also known as tasselflower brickellbush. This is a perennial herb with hairy and glandular leaves. The flowers are bell-shaped and the head of the flower holds an array of 20 to 40 disc florets.

4. Correa Baeuerlenii

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This is a shrub native to New South Wales in Australia. Correa Baeuerlenii is also called as Chef’s-hat Correa as the flowers look like the hat of chef. These have greenish-yellow bell-shaped flowers. These flowers are vulnerable to extinction.

5. Emmenanthe Penduliflora

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Emmenanthe Penduliflora is known by another popular name called whispering bells and is native to western United States. The flowers are bell-shaped and are either small yellow or pink in color. As the rustling sound of the dry hanging bell-shaped flowers resembles a whispering bell, it is called as whispering bells.

6. Gaultheria Ovatifolia

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This is a shrub of heath family and is popularly called as western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen. This is native to western North America. This shrub has bell-shaped flowers in shades of white to light pink; these have red colored bracts. The leaves are oval in shape.

7. Mertensia Ciliata

Mertensia Ciliata or tall fringed bluebells or streamside bluebells
This flowering plant belongs to borage family and is native to western United States. These are popularly called as tall fringed bluebells or streamside bluebells. You can find these flowers in large meadows and hillside; as the name indicates, these flowers are blue in color and are bell-shaped. Both the flowers and its leaves are edible.

8. Mertensia Sibirica

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These belong to borage family and are native to North America. It is also called as Siberian bluebells. This plant has bell-shaped flowers that are blue in color; some flowers may be in rosy-pink color. You can find these blue bell-shaped flowers from late spring to early summer.

9. Phacelia Californica

California Phacelia or California scorpionweed
This plant is popularly called as California Phacelia or California scorpionweed. These are native to coastal northern California and Oregon. These plants have bell-shaped flowers that have hairy inflorescence. The colors of the flowers vary from white to pale blue to lavender.

10. Pterospora



Pterospora or pinedrops
These flowering plants are also called as Pinedrops and are native to North America. They have unbranched flower spikes and the stalks are hairy. The upper portion of the stalk is red and this is where the bell-shaped flowers are seen; the flowers are yellow in color.
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SOURCE: http://scienceray.com/biology/10-beautiful-bell-shaped-flowers/#ixzz1OZJWLhd5