title: Campanula balfourii
text: # Campanula balfourii
  
  Campanula balfourii is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to northeastern Socotra, Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
  
  ## Description
  
  Delicate, erect herb to 15 cm, with spreading hairs. Leaves broadly oblong-elliptic to orbicular, 0.5-1 x 0.3–07 cm. Flowers lilac-blue, <0.8 cm long, sessile.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Clearings in semi-deciduous woodland, 500–750 m. This delicate annual with its small pretty flowers, appears soon after rain but rapidly dies back in the dry season.
  
  ## Conservation status
  
  Least concern (LC). Common in several vegetation types and under no present or perceived threat.
  
  