Campanula uniflora

The bloom bellflower ( Campanula uniflora ) is a plant of the genus bellflower (Campanula ) in the family of the bellflower family ( Campanulaceae ).

Description

The bloom Bellflower is a perennial plant whose unbranched stems are 10-15 cm high, glabrous and stand upright. The leaves are glabrous, entire or notched. The basal leaves are about 2 cm long, inversely lanceolate, blunt and very short-stalked. The middle stem leaves are lanceolate, the upper linear - lanceolate.

A single flower, arranged nodding forms at each stalk. The calyx teeth are erect, pointed and little hairy. The crown is 7-9 mm long, funnel- shaped, and as long as the cup tube. The ovary is long, club-shaped and more tubular. At the upper end it is dark blue or almost black.

The fruits are about 15 mm long capsules that stand upright on the plant, are club-shaped and initially dark blue, are later blackish.

Occurrence

The species is widespread in the arctic and subarctic Europe and extends south in Norway to the 62nd degree. In addition, it is found in Siberia and North America (Alaska, Canada, Rocky Mountains from Montana to Utah). It grows on rocky soils and is kalkliebend.

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