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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanula divaricata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Read more about Southern Harebell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula divaricata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-002:
Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campanula flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Southern Harebell, Appalachian Bellflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cadi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200613_5854
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm230606_3798
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9779
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4538
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4539
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, 3-7cm long, 0.7-2.5cm wide, acuminate to acute, serrate, cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_divaricata_2190
July Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm060805_404
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060805_406
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Calyx lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120830_213
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves linear-lanceolate, margins coarsely toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm150808_670
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_campanula_divaricata
August
Flowers pale blue, bell-shaped, lobe tips curled back, style protruding, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0309i_24
September Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm200926_7394
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm221108_0644
November Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanula divaricata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula divaricata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-002:
Campanula divaricata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campanula flexuosa
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: rock outcrops, cliffs, rocky summits, talus, up to at least 1850m, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
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
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
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!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p113
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p120
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p094
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p212
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p424
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p102
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p243
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p143
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p255
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p298
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p169
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