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Campanula rapunculoides

(Creeping Bellflower)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Clochettes, Creeping Bellflower, European Bellflower, June Bell, Lygurian Bellflower, Rampion Bellflower, Rapion Bellflower, Rover Bellflower, Roving Bellflower

Common Names in French:

Campanule Fausse-Raiponce

Common Names in Romanian:

Rînză

Common Names in Swedish:

Knölklocka, Knölklocka

Description

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Genus Campanula

Plants perennial or annual , erect trailing or decumbent , glabrous , pubescent , or hirsute . Leaves simple , alternate or forming rosettes at the base . Inflorescence 1-many flowered, with racemes or spikes. Flowers blue to purple or white. Sepals 5, with or without reflexed appendages between lobes ; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, segments 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate , funnel-shaped or tubular . Stamens 5, free , filaments dilated at the base. Ovary 3-locular; style cylindrical; stigmas 3. Fruit a capsule, elongated to ovoid , obovoid or round, with membran¬ous walls; dehiscence by irregular pores at the bases or the sides. Seeds minute, numerous .

A genus of over 300 species, mostly in the temperate regions . Represented in Pakistan by c.15 species.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: lavender, violet

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 18-24" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,839 meters (0 to 9,314 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Campanula rapunculoides var. ucranica (Bess.) K. Koch
  2. Cenekia Rapunculoides
  3. Cenekia rapunculoides (L.) Opiz
  4. Drymocodon Rapunculoides

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Sp. pl. 1:165. 1753

Name verified on 05-Dec-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Campanula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1657 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. aaronsohnii · C. abietina · C. 'Abundance' · C. acarnanica · C. acuminata · C. acutangula · C. acutiloba · C. adami · C. adhaerens · C. adpressa · C. adscendens · C. adsurgens · C. affinis · C. affinis subsp. bolosii · C. afganica · C. afra · C. aggregata · C. aghrica · C. agrestis · C. aizoides · C. aizoon · C. akgulii · C. akhdarensis · C. akhverdovii · C. akuschensis · C. alascana · C. alaskana · C. alata · C. albanica · C. alberti · C. albertii · C. albicans · C. albiflora · C. albovii · C. alburnica · C. aldanensis · C. algida · C. alliariaefolia · C. alliariifolia (Spurred Bellflower) · C. alliariifolia 'Flore Pleno' · C. alliariifolia 'Ivory Bells' · C. alliariifolia 'Minor' · C. alliariifolia × C. makaschvilii · C. allionii · C. allophylla · C. alopecuroides · C. alpestris (Alpine Bellflower) · C. alpestris 'Alba' · C. alpestris 'Grandiflora' · C. alpestris 'Rosea' · C. alphonsii · C. alpigena · C. alpina · C. alpina var. bucegiensis · C. alpini · C. alsinoides · C. altaica · C. altiflora · C. amabilis · C. amana · C. amasiae · C. amcheri · C. americana · C. americanum · C. amorgina · C. amplexicaulis · C. amygdalifolia · C. anagalloides · C. ancheri · C. ancheria · C. anchusiflora · C. andina · C. andorrana · C. andrewsii · C. andrewsii andrewsii · C. andrewsii hirsutula · C. androsacea · C. angulata · C. angustiflora (Eastwood´s Harebell) · C. angustifolia · C. annae · C. anomala · C. antalyensis · C. antiatlantica · C. anticensis · C. antilibanotica · C. aparinoides (Eastern Marsh Bellflower) · C. apennina · C. appendiculata · C. aprica · C. arbatica · C. arborescens · C. arctica · C. arcuata · C. ardonensis · C. arenaria · C. 'Arend's Form' · C. argaea · C. argentea · C. argunensis

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. E. Nasir "Campanula". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 188.910 meters (619.783 feet), Standard Deviation = 299.380 based on 3,732 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009