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 earleaf bellflower[1] or fairy's-thimble,[2] 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.[3]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Campanula cochlearifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  4. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Campanula cochleariifolia". Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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