Campanula cochleariifolia

Dwarf bellflower (Campanula cochleariifolia )

The dwarf bellflower (Campanula cochleariifolia ) is a species of the genus bellflower (Campanula ). Other common names are Small Bellflower, Bellflower Low and Delicate Bellflower. The specific epithet is derived from the cochleariifolia scurvy grass ( Cochlearia ) because the shape of their basal leaves is similar.

Description

The dwarf bellflower often grows as a carpet-forming, perennial herbaceous plant, reaching heights of growth between 5 to 15 centimeters. It forms sterile leaf rosettes. The stem is down tight, sparsely leafy top. The basal leaves are stalked and broadly ovate to roundish. The leaf margin is kerbzähnig. The stem leaves are oblong, the uppermost linear grow. The leaf petiole and leaf blade are often the ciliated kurzborstig. More rarely, the whole plant is densely ciliated kurzborstig.

The flowering period extends from July to August. The flowers are single or in a few-flowered (two to six) in racemose inflorescences. The flower buds and flowers are also mostly nodding. The bell-shaped crown is 10 to 20 millimeters long and varies from light blue to blue- purple. The bald chalice has pfriemliche corner without appendages.

Occurrence

The dwarf bellflower is especially found in the limestone chains of the Alps, where the dwarf bellflower is generally spread from the Pyrenees to the Balkans.

As the site preferably, these lime-loving plant debris, crevices and grass of the valley at altitudes of 3000 meters. As Schwemmling it penetrates along the rivers before well into the foothills of the Alps. It occurs, for example on the gravel body of the Isar in the Pupplinger Au Wolfratshausen.