''Campanula barbata'', common name bearded bellflower, 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 wid ...

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in the bellflower 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 belo ...

Description

''Campanula barbata'' can reach a height of . This plant produces a small basal rosette of grayish-green leaves, simple, lanceolate with dentate margins and alternate. It has racemes of nodding, pale blue to deep blue campanulate flowers, which are hairy inside (hence the Latin name ''barbata'', meaning ''bearded''). They bloom from June to August. Campanula barbata Sölden, Austria

Distribution

This species is native to Norway, France, Italy and Central Europe.

Habitat

''Campanula barbata'' can be found in mountain regions at an elevation above sea level.

References

* Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003

External links

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