Campanula punctata Lam.

Spotted bellflower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Campanula

Characteristics

Plants perennial, setose throughout or rarely subglabrous. Rhizomes long, horizontal. Stems erect, robust, 20-100 cm tall, usually branched above. Basal leaves long petiolate; blade cordate or ovate; cauline leaves ovate, lanceolate, or triangular, base rounded or truncate, margin irregularly dentate, apex acute or acuminate; lower leaves winged-petiolate, upper ones sessile. Flowers terminal on top of main stems and branches, pendent. Calyx lobes narrowly triangular; reflexed appendages elliptic, triangular, ovate, or lanceolate. Corolla white, yellow, or pink, commonly purple-or red punctate, tubular-campanulate, 3-6.5 cm. Capsule broadly campanulate or obconic. Seeds gray-brown, oblong or elliptic, slightly compressed, ca. 1 mm, smooth. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 34.
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A small plant. It grows 30 cm high and spreads 45 cm wide. It keeps growing from year to year and forms clumps. The leaves are pointed and heart shaped. The flowers are tube shaped and hang down. They are cream with red spots inside. They are 8 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.48 - 0.63
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.45
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows well in composted soils in a protected sunny position. It is resistant to frost but sensitive to drought. It suits hardiness zones 6-9. In Sichuan.
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Grassy slopes in lowland and low mountains all over Japan. Waste places such as roadsides and stony slopes on hills from the lowlands to elevations of 1,700 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The young leaves are eaten with oil and salt. The flowers and leaves are used as potherbs.
Uses environmental use medicinal oil potherb
Edible flowers leaves roots shoots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or by division of the clump.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 13
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Campanula punctata flower picture by alisha estey (cc-by-sa)
Campanula punctata flower picture by Omelchuk Anastasiya (cc-by-sa)
Campanula punctata flower picture by 道草 (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Campanula punctata world distribution map, present in Chile, China, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Japan, Montenegro, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140913-1
WFO ID wfo-0000828312
COL ID QBSR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Campanula hybrida Campanula violae Campanula punctata f. partita Campanula takesimana f. alba Campanula nobilis var. alba Campanula punctata var. rubriflora Campanula punctata var. microdonta Campanula punctata

Lower taxons

Campanula punctata var. hondoensis Campanula punctata var. punctata