Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Palustricodon uliginosus
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula aparinoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Campanula aparinoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomic changes in North American Campanuloideae (Campanulaceae) (Morin, 2020)
Palustricodon aparinoides var. grandiflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Campanula uliginosa
COMMON NAME:
Largeflower Marsh-bellflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caul3_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa
July Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
"aparinoides" refers to common cleavers, Galium aparine. Both tend to adhere to clothing or fur, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa3
July Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
Stems weak and leaves narrow, both scabrous with small, stiff retrorse hairs, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa4
July Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
Corolla 5-13mm long; pedicels ascending, the bractless portion 1-8cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa2
August Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Palustricodon uliginosus
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula aparinoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Campanula aparinoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Taxonomic changes in North American Campanuloideae (Campanulaceae) (Morin, 2020)
Palustricodon aparinoides var. grandiflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Campanula uliginosa
4025
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, fens, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
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
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to very pale blue
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed broadly campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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