Campanula cochleariifolia

Campanula cochleariifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species: C. cochleariifolia
Binomial name
Campanula cochleariifolia
Lam.

Campanula cochleariifolia (also Campanula cochlearifolia), common name fairies' thimbles, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Campanula of the family Campanulaceae, native to the Pyrenees, Alps, and Carpathian Mountains of Central Europe. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial growing to 10 cm (4 in). Clumps of bright green leaves produce nodding pale blue bell flowers on wiry stalks.[1]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. "RHS Plant Selector - Campanula cochleariifolia". Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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