Campanula pyramidalis

Pyramids bellflower (Campanula pyramidalis )

The pyramids bellflower (Campanula pyramidalis ) is a plant of the genus Bellflower (Campanula ) in the family of the bellflower family ( Campanulaceae ).

Features

The pyramid Bellflower is an evergreen, perennial hapaxanthe plant, reaches the heights of growth from 80 to 150 centimeters. The stem is erect and scarcely branched. The basal leaves are broadly ovate -oblong to heart-shaped, long- stalked, shiny and coarsely toothed glandular. The 3 flowers are in the leaf axils. They are short -stalked and arranged in a long, narrow panicle. The crown is star shaped to weitglockig, 20 to 26 millimeters long, up to 30 ( rarely to 50 ) mm wide and colored light blue violet, pale blue, or rarely white. The capsule is round and has at its center pores.

The flowering period extends from June to August.

Occurrence

The pyramids bellflower comes from Northeast Italy to Albania on limestone rocks, walls and stony drift at altitudes 5-935 meters before.

Use

The pyramids bellflower is scattered used as an ornamental plant for borders, terraces and dry stone walls as well as cut flowers and altar decorations. It is in culture at least since 1569. The species is cultured from two years old.

Documents

• Corner Hardt J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.