Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Campanula intercedens
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about American Harebell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula rotundifolia
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Campanula intercedens
COMMON NAME:
Harebell, Bluebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Scotch Harebell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caro2_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camrot3
April Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Stem leaves narrow and grass-like, but basal leaves rather round, hence the name "rotundifolia", per US Forest Service "Plant of the Week".
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camrot
June Oscoda County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: Big Creek Township
Formerly used in the manufacture of blue dye for tartans and the symbol of the MacDonald clan, per US Forest Service "Plant of the Week".
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camrot2
June Monroe County MI
In cultivation
Flowers are about 3/4" long, bell shaped with 5 slightly flaring pointed lobes, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camrot4
July Monroe County MI
In cultivation
A long style protrudes from the flower's center, its tip split into 3 parts, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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JK Marlow jkm0509f_2930
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
The stem terminates in either a solitary flower, or a short raceme of 2-3 flowers, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Campanula intercedens
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula rotundifolia
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Campanula intercedens
2023
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone outcrops, high elevation rocky summits (in thin soil over amphibolite), serpentine barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale blue to violet to bright purple
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a diffuse panicle (with at least 2 orders of branching)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p196
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p102
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".