Michauxia campanuloides, the rough-leaved michauxia, is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. It is native to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine.[2][3]
Rough-leaved michauxia | |
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1793 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Campanulaceae |
Genus: | Michauxia |
Species: | M. campanuloides
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Binomial name | |
Michauxia campanuloides | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
editFrom rosettes of basal lanceolate and lobed leaves arise flowering stems up to 2 m high, branched towards the top carrying many drooping flowers of white, tinged with purple, with 8-10 long narrow reflexed lobes and long-projecting style. Flowers April–July.[4]
Habitat
editStony and rocky places.
Gallery
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Seeds
References
edit- ^ Botanical Magazine -VOLUME-7 plate 219, 1793
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Flowers of Greece and the Aegean, Anthony Huxley and William Taylor, CHATTO & WINDUS, London 1977, ISBN 0 7011 2228 5
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
External links
edit- Michauxia campanuloides photo