Campanula scouleri

Campanula scouleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species:
C. scouleri
Binomial name
Campanula scouleri

Campanula scouleri is a species of bellflower known by the common names pale bellflower[1] and Scouler's harebell. It is native to the mountains of western North America from northern California to Alaska.

Description

It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an erect or leaning stem 20 to 30 centimeters long. The leaves are thin to leathery, lance-shaped to round, and generally toothed, measuring 1 to 6 centimeters long and borne on short winged petioles. The pale blue bell-shaped flower has a strongly reflexed corolla with lobes curling back and sometimes almost touching. The style protrudes far from the center of the flower; it is white to pale blue in color and up to 1.5 centimeters long.

References

  1. ^ NRCS. "Campanula scouleri". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 24 June 2016.


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