''Campanula lasiocarpa'', also known as the mountain harebell or Alaska harebell, is a plant native to the northwestern portion of North America including the US states of
Alaska and
Washington, as well as the Canadian provinces of
Alberta,
British Columbia, the
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
, and the
Yukon.
Description
It is a member of the genus ''
Campanula
''Campanula'' () is one of several genera of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae commonly known as bellflowers. They take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers — ''campanula'' is Latin for "little bell" ...
'', commonly known as bellflowers. The blossoms of these flowers taste like a mixture of dandelion stems and the way honeysuckle smells, but no other purple flowers growing in the Yukon Territory should be consumed as most others range from somewhat poisonous to grotesquely perilous if eaten.
[Long travels through the Yukon wilderness]
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lasiocarpa
Plants described in 1829
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