Campanula alliariifolia
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| Campanula alliariifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Campanula |
| Species: | C. alliariifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Campanula alliariifolia | |
Campanula alliariifolia is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It is native to the Caucasus and Turkey and it is grown as an ornamental plant. Common names include Cornish bellflower.[1]
It is a vigorous, clump-forming perennial with heart-shaped, toothed, gray hairy basal leaves that are 3 inches long. It has tubular-bell shaped white flowers, which are 2 cm. long with pointed petals.
Campanula alliariifolia can grow from 12- 24 inches and spreads up to 18 inches. It is in the USDA Hardiness Zones 3-7 and can live in heat zones up to 7.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Campanula alliariifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants (Published by The American Horticultural Society