Campanula barbata

Campanula barbata, common name bearded bellflower, is a perennial flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae.

Campanula barbata
Campanula barbata at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Close-up on flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Campanula
Species:	C. barbata
Binomial name
Campanula barbata L.
Synonyms
List Campanula barbata f. pusilla Campanula barbata var. firmiana Campanula barbata var. pusilla Campanula barbata var. strictopedunculata Campanula barbata var. uniflora Campanula firmiana Campanula macrorhiza var. pogonopetala

Description

Campanula barbata can reach a height of 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in). This plant produces a small basal rosette of grayish-green leaves, simple, lanceolate with dentate margins and alternate. It has racemes of nodding, pale blue to deep blue campanulate flowers, which are hairy inside (hence the Latin name barbata, meaning bearded). They bloom from June to August.

Campanula barbata at Sölden in Austria

Distribution

This species is native to Norway, France, Italy and Central Europe.

Habitat

Campanula barbata can be found in mountain regions at an elevation 1,100–2,600 metres (3,600–8,500 ft) above sea level.

References

• Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003

External links

• Biolib
• Luirig.altervista
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility