The Tall Bellflower is a three to six-foot, erect plant with leafy stems. It is a native, annual wildflower. The upper portion of the stem is lined with showy, lavender-blue, five-petaled inch-wide flowers in single spike clusters one to two feet long. The three to six-inch leaves are lance-shaped, toothed and pointed. It likes woodlands, shady streams, and thickets in rich, moist soil. (July)