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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanulastrum americanum   FAMILY Campanulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanulastrum americanum   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-001:

Campanula americana   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Campanulastrum americanum

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Bellflower


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image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_caam18_001_lvd

        

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caam6_001_lvd

        

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm230623_4146

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm230623_4148

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_campanula_americana_2

June        

Stem erect, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

Keith Bradley    kab_c_americana_1760

July    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The corolla face is flat, not bell-shaped, with a pale ring in the throat, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm060813_163

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The long style curves downward, then up at the tip, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm060813_168

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm060813_172

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm060813_306

August    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3019

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Stamens 5, separate; anthers coiled. Stigma 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3021

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3023

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves lanceolate with toothed margins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3025

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Calyx lobes linear, spreading to slightly reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3080

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3081

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3084

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Campanulastrum americanum, Tall Bellflower

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3085

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanulastrum americanum   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanulastrum americanum   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-001:
Campanula americana   FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campanulastrum americanum

 

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Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Moist to fairly dry forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain, rare in SC

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed rotate corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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