Phyteuma

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Phyteuma

Phyteuma globulariifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Phyteuma L.
Species
See text.

Phyteuma is a genus of about 40-45 species of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and western Asia. The common name is Rampion, a name shared with the related plant Campanula rapunculus. Rampion features prominently in some versions of the fairy tale Rapunzel. In the version collected by the Brothers Grimm, it is said that "rapunzel" is the name given to a local variety of rampion.

The species are herbaceous perennial plants, growing to 5–90 cm tall. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, and vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin is serrated. The flowers are produced in dense erect panicles, each flower with a narrow, deeply five-lobed corolla, 1–2 cm or more long), mostly purple, sometimes pale blue, white or pink. The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds.

Selected species

Phyteuma balbisii
Phyteuma betonicifolium
Phyteuma charmelii
Phyteuma comosum
Phyteuma confusum
Phyteuma globulariifolium
Phyteuma halleri
Phyteuma hemisphaericum
Phyteuma humile
Phyteuma michelii
Phyteuma nigrum - Black Rampion
Phyteuma orbiculare - Round-headed Rampion
Phyteuma pauciflorum
Phyteuma pedemontanum
Phyteuma scheuchzeri
Phyteuma sieberi
Phyteuma spicatum - Spiked Rampion
Phyteuma tenerum
Phyteuma vagneri
Phyteuma zahlbruckneri

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