''Campanula piperi'' (Olympic bellflower,
[''Campanula piperi''.]
USDA PLANTS.[''Campanula piperi''.]
Burke Museum. University of Washington. Olympic harebell,
[''Campanula piperi''.]
NatureServe. 2012. Piper's bellflower
[) is a species of ]flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. It is native to the Olympic Mountains
The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are not especially high – Mount Olympus is the highest at ; however, the easter ...
on the Olympic Peninsula
The Olympic Peninsula is a large arm of land in western Washington that lies across Puget Sound from Seattle, and contains Olympic National Park. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the north by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the ...
in the U.S. state of Washington
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.[ It has also been noted on ]Vancouver Island
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, British Columbia
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Description
This species is a perennial
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
herb with stems up to 10 centimeters tall. It is hairless or with fine, rough hairs. The basal leaves are sharply toothed, widely lance-shaped blades up to 3 centimeters long. Leaves higher on the stem are similar and are alternately arranged. Flowers occur in July and August at the stem tips. Each has five toothed sepal
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
s and a saucer-shaped blue corolla with 5 lobes about 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters long.[ White flowers are known to occur at times.][''Campanula piperi''.]
Botany Photo of the Day. UBC Botanical Garden.
Habitat
This plant grows in rocky, high-elevation habitat.[ It faced the potential threat of trampling by mountain goats, an ]introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there ...
in the range, but now extirpated.[
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Cultivation
This species is cultivated in alpine plant
Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. There are many different plant species and taxa that grow as a plant community in these alpine tundra. These include perennial grasses, ...
gardens.[ A number of ]cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...
s have been bred.[
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History
The species name commemorates the botanist Charles Piper.[
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References
External links
Turner Photographic Wildflower Image Database
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Flora of Washington (state)
Flora of British Columbia