''Phyteuma'' is a genus of

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s in the family

Campanulaceae The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. Among them are several familiar garden plants belon ...

, native to

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and

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

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/ref> The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant ''

Campanula rapunculus ''Campanula rapunculus'', common name rampion bellflower, rampion, rover bellflower, or rapunzel, is a species of bellflower (''Campanula'') in the family Campanulaceae. This species was once widely grown in Europe for its leaves, which were us ...

''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of the fairy tale

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. In the version collected by the

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, it is said that "rapunzel" is the name given to a local variety of rampion. The species are

herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of t ...

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 ...

plants, growing to 5–90 cm tall. The

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

are alternate, petiolate, and vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin is serrated. The flowers are produced in dense erect

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

s, each flower with a narrow, deeply five-lobed corolla, 1–2 cm or more long), mostly purple, sometimes pale blue, white or pink. The

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is a capsule containing numerous small

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Species

*'' Phyteuma × adulterinum'' - Germany, Czech Republic (P. nigrum × P. spicatum) *'' Phyteuma betonicifolium'' - Alps *''

Phyteuma charmelii ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history ...

'' - Morocco, Spain, France, Italy *''

Phyteuma confusum ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant '' Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of ...

'' - Austria, Balkans *''

Phyteuma cordatum ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history ...

'' - French and Italian Alps *''

Phyteuma gallicum ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant ''Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of t ...

'' - France *''

Phyteuma globulariifolium ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant '' Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of ...

'' - Pyrenees, Alps *''

Phyteuma hedraianthifolium ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant '' Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of ...

'' Switzerland, northern Italy *''

Phyteuma hemisphaericum ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant '' Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of ...

'' - Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria *''

Phyteuma humile ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant '' Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of ...

'' - France, Italy *''

Phyteuma × huteri ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant '' Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of ...

'' Murr - Austrian Alps (P. betonicifolium × P. ovatum) *''

Phyteuma michelii ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant ''Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of t ...

'' - France, Italy *''

Phyteuma nigrum ''Phyteuma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae, native to Europe and Morocco. The common name is rampion, a name shared with the related plant ''Campanula rapunculus''. Rampion features prominently in some versions of t ...

'' - Black rampion - France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria *'' Phyteuma × obornyanum'' - Austrian Alps (P. confusum × P. globulariifolium) *''

Phyteuma orbiculare Phyteuma orbiculare, common name round-headed rampion or Pride of Sussex, is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus ''Phyteuma'' belonging to the family Campanulaceae. Description ''Phyteuma orbiculare'' reaches on average of height. A deep ...

'' - Round-headed rampion - most of Europe except Ireland, Scandinavia, Greece, Bulgaria *'' Phyteuma × orbiculariforme'' - Czech Republic (P. nigrum × P. orbiculare) *'' Phyteuma ovatum'' - Pyrenees, Alps *'' Phyteuma persicifolium'' - Slovenia, Austria, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia *'' Phyteuma × pyrenaeum'' Sennen - French Pyrenees (P. ovatum × P. spicatum) *'' Phyteuma rupicola'' - French Pyrenees *'' Phyteuma scheuchzeri'' - Alps; naturalised in Great Britain *'' Phyteuma scorzonerifolium'' Vill. - Alps *'' Phyteuma serratum'' Viv. - Corsica *'' Phyteuma sieberi'' - Alps *''

Phyteuma spicatum ''Phyteuma spicatum'', the spiked rampion, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is common across much of Europe. Its common names include ''raiponce en épi'' (French), ''Ährige Teufelskralle'' (German), ''Ährige Rapu ...

'' - Spiked rampion - most of Europe *'' Phyteuma tetramerum'' - Carpathians of Romania and Ukraine *'' Phyteuma vagneri'' - Carpathians of Romania and Ukraine *'' Phyteuma zahlbruckneri''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q53468 Campanuloideae Campanulaceae genera