Campanula raineri

Insubric bellflower ( Campanula Raineri )

The Insubric bellflower ( Campanula Raineri ) is a plant of the genus bellflower (Campanula ).

Features

The Insubric Bellflower is one in loose grass growing, perennial plant that reaches the plant height to 10 inches. The multiple stems are arching, ascending, short haired, mostly flowered and leafy below the bloom. The leaves are 1 to 2 inches wide, oval, clearly and bluntly toothed and short-stalked. The flowers are terminal, far - bell-shaped, upright 3 to 4 inches wide and light blue. The calyx teeth are broad lanceolate, covered with short, serrated, pointed, and about half as long as the crown. The bay between the calyx teeth have no appendages and are pointed.

The flowering period extends from August to September.

Occurrence

The Insubric Bellflower is endemic in the Italian Southern Alps between Lake Lugano and Judicaria. It only grows on limestone and dolomite in rock crevices and rock debris in the subalpine to alpine levels at altitudes from 1000 to 2300 meters, but usually about 1500 meters.

Documents

• Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grey: Alpine Flowers ( Steinbach nature guide ). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1.