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Campanula rotundifolia L.

Scottish bluebell (en), Campanule à feuilles rondes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Campanula

Characteristics

Perennial, 1–8 dm, glabrous or inconspicuously hispidulous; basal lvs petiolate, often with broadly ovate to subrotund or cordate-rotund, angular-toothed blade to 2 cm, sometimes merely oblanceolate, often deciduous; cauline lvs ± numerous, commonly linear or nearly so, 1.5–8 cm, seldom 1 cm wide; fls typically several or rather many in a lax, racemiform or elongate-paniculiform infl, solitary in depauperate or subalpine specimens; cal-lobes 4–12 mm; cor blue, 1.5–3 cm, campanulate, the lobes much shorter than the tube; style not exceeding the cor; fr nodding, opening near the base; 2n=34, 56, 68, 102, etc. Dry woods, meadows, cliffs, and beaches; circumboreal, s. in Amer. to N.J., Ind., Io. and Mex. June–Sept.
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Perennial with slender rhizomes and weak puberulent or glabrous stems to
A herb. It grows 40 cm tall. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
Root system creeping-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.1
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 can grow in poor shallow soils and on cliffs. It suits USDA hardiness zones 4-9. It can tolerate frosts. It grows to 70°N latitude.
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Meadows, forest edges, shrubby formations. Dry grassy places and on fixed dunes, often in poor shallow soils.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The root is a famine food. It can be eaten raw in salads.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use Ear Medicine (root), Heart Medicine (root), Pulmonary Aid (root), Analgesic (unspecified), Ceremonial Medicine (unspecified), Disinfectant (unspecified), Eye Medicine (unspecified), Hunting Medicine (unspecified), Witchcraft Medicine (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Tumor(Throat) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Campanula rotundifolia habit picture by Fabien Anthelme (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia habit picture by Emmanuel Debraize (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia habit picture by Boris V (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Campanula rotundifolia leaf picture by Fabien Anthelme (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia leaf picture by victor belloc (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia leaf picture by Patrick Nard (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Campanula rotundifolia flower picture by Sam Van Bouchaute (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia flower picture by Sven Winkenhoff (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia flower picture by Vanessa (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Campanula rotundifolia fruit picture by Dominique Berthelier (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia fruit picture by Frank Sundermeyer (cc-by-sa)
Campanula rotundifolia fruit picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Campanula rotundifolia world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30036649-2
WFO ID wfo-0000828550
COL ID QBVH
BDTFX ID 75012
INPN ID 87720
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Campanula balcanica f. racemosa Campanula pusilla f. lobata Campanula rotundifolia f. borhidiana Campanula rotundifolia f. graminifolia Campanula rotundifolia f. hrubyana Campanula rotundifolia f. ovata Campanula rotundifolia f. micranthoides Rapunculus esculentus Campanula cinerea Campanula delicatula Campanula heterodoxa Campanula heterodoxa Campanula heterophylla Campanula lanceolata Campanula lancifolia Campanula linifolia Campanula lobata Campanula paenina Campanula rotundifolia Campanula variifolia Campanula allophylla Campanula antirrhina Campanula asturica Campanula chinganensis Campanula grammosepala Campanula hostii Campanula inconcessa Campanula legionensis Campanula pennica Campanula pennina Campanula pseudovaldensis Campanula pubescens Campanula racemosa Campanula rotunda Campanula solstitialis Campanula tenuifolia Campanula tracheliifolia Campanula urbionensis Campanula angustifolia Campanula bielzii Campanula bocconei Campanula caballeroi Campanula confertifolia Campanula decloetiana Campanula diversifolia Campanula filiformis Campanula juncea Campanula langsdorffiana Campanula linifolia f. langsdorffiana Campanula lostritti Campanula reboudiana Campanula rotundifolia f. elata Campanula rotundifolia f. laevis Campanula rotundifolia f. latifrons Campanula rotundifolia f. luxurians Campanula rotundifolia f. scabriuscula Campanula rotundifolia f. subracemosa Campanula rotundifolia f. subverruculosa Campanula rotundifolia f. tenerrima Campanula rotundifolia f. umbrosa Campanula sarmentosa Depierrea campanuloides Campanula rotundifolia f. rotundifolia Campanula tenuifolia Campanula lanceolata Campanula pinifolia Campanula minor Campanula minuta Campanula langsdorffiana Campanula rotundifolia var. montana Campanula arcuata var. subrhomboidalis Campanula carnica var. racemosa Campanula cespitosa var. bocconei Campanula linifolia var. heterodoxa Campanula linifolia var. langsdorffiana Campanula linifolia var. major Campanula linifolia var. tenuifolia Campanula marchesettii var. calisii Campanula rhomboidalis var. lanceolata Campanula rotundifolia var. angustifolia Campanula rotundifolia var. angustissima Campanula rotundifolia var. bielziana Campanula rotundifolia var. bocconei Campanula rotundifolia var. bulgarica Campanula rotundifolia var. calisii Campanula rotundifolia var. confertifolia Campanula rotundifolia subsp. confertifolia Campanula rotundifolia var. delitschiana Campanula rotundifolia var. euxina Campanula rotundifolia subsp. euxina Campanula rotundifolia var. flexuosa Campanula rotundifolia var. glabra Campanula rotundifolia var. heterodoxa Campanula rotundifolia subsp. heterodoxa Campanula rotundifolia var. hirta Campanula rotundifolia var. langsdorffiana Campanula rotundifolia subsp. langsdorffiana Campanula rotundifolia var. laxiflora Campanula rotundifolia var. legionensis Campanula rotundifolia subsp. legionensis Campanula rotundifolia var. lineariifolia Campanula rotundifolia var. ovata Campanula rotundifolia subsp. paenina Campanula rotundifolia var. papillifera Campanula rotundifolia var. papillosa Campanula rotundifolia var. parviflora Campanula rotundifolia subsp. pedemontana Campanula rotundifolia var. pennina Campanula rotundifolia subsp. pennina Campanula rotundifolia var. pubescens Campanula rotundifolia subsp. racemosa Campanula rotundifolia var. reflexa Campanula rotundifolia var. saxatilis Campanula rotundifolia var. scabriuscula Campanula rotundifolia var. scopulicola Campanula rotundifolia var. soldanelliflora Campanula rotundifolia var. solstitialis Campanula rotundifolia subsp. solstitialis Campanula rotundifolia var. stricta Campanula rotundifolia var. tenuifolia Campanula scheuchzeri var. heterodoxa Campanula grammosepala var. spathiphylla Campanula hostii var. uniflora Campanula rotundifolia subsp. linifolia Campanula rotundifolia var. decloetiana Campanula rotundifolia var. hostii Campanula scheuchzeri var. inconcessa Campanula rotundifolia var. lubiciana Campanula scheuchzeri subsp. lanceolata Campanula rotundifolia f. calvescens Campanula rotundifolia f. frondosa Campanula rotundifolia f. glabrescens Campanula rotundifolia f. hirta Campanula rotundifolia f. nejceffii Campanula rotundifolia f. normalis Campanula rotundifolia f. serpentini Campanula rotundifolia f. silvicola Campanula rotundifolia f. soldanelliflora Campanula rotundifolia f. subcongesta Campanula rotundifolia f. subhirta Campanula rotundifolia var. minor Campanula rotundifolia var. velutina Campanula rotundifolia var. verlotii Campanula rotundifolia var. vulgaris Campanula grammosepala var. cardiophylla Campanula rotundifolia f. albiflora Campanula rotundifolia var. albiflora Campanula rotundifolia var. albiflora Campanula rotundifolia var. rotundifolia Campanula rotundifolia subsp. montana Campanula wiedmannii Campanula rotundifolia var. altitatrica
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