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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanula rapunculoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about European Bellflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula rapunculoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-004:
Campanula rapunculoides FAMILY Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campanula rapunculoides
COMMON NAME:
European Bellflower, Rampion Bellflower, Rover Bellflower, Creeping Bellflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cara_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_c_rapunculoides_78915
August Hamilton County NY
Flowers nodding on very short pedicels in a 1-sided raceme. Plant to 3' tall, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanula rapunculoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula rapunculoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-004:
Campanula rapunculoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campanula rapunculoides
3368
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
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
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual
Inflorescence a one-sided raceme (rarely a thyrse)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- 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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