Mountain hill bellflower
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The hill-top bellflower ( Campanula collina ) is a species of bellflower ( Campanula ) in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae).
description
The mountain hill bellflower is a perennial herbaceous plant that usually reaches heights of 15 (10 to 30) centimeters. The plant forms mats with its subterranean runners. The basal sheets are ovate-oblong, 5 to 10 inches long, 2 to 3 inches wide and hairy.
The calyx appendages are very small and hidden in the hair. The calyx lobes are hairy and a third as long as the crown. The crown is broad, funnel-shaped, bell-shaped, dark blue-violet and hairy in the throat.
The flowering period extends from June to July.
Occurrence
The mountain-hill bellflower occurs in the Caucasus and northeastern Turkey on rocky slopes and on subalpine lawns at altitudes of 1500 to 3100 meters.
Systematics
One can distinguish three subspecies:
- Campanula collina subsp. collina : It occurs from northeast Turkey to the Caucasus.
- Campanula collina subsp. fondervisii (Albov) Ogan. (Syn .: Campanula fondervisii Albov ): It occurs in western Transcaucasia.
- Campanula collina subsp. sphaerocarpa (Kolak.) Ogan. (Syn .: Campanula sphaerocarpa Kolak. ): It occurs in the western Caucasus.
use
The hill-top bellflower is rarely used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens. It has been in culture since 1803 at the latest.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Campanula - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on February 7, 2018.