Campanula lasiocarpa
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Campanula lasiocarpa , Alaska (Hatcher Pass) |
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Campanula lasiocarpa is a boreal mountain plant from the genus of bluebells ( Campanula ) in the bellflower family(Campanulaceae).
description
Campanula lasiocarpa is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of between 2 and 20 centimeters. The plant has a thin, branched rhizome . The stalked basal leaves are lanceolate, 1 to 6 inches long, 2 to 13 mm wide and sharply toothed. The stem is smooth or slightly hairy and has only a few, reduced, sessile, alternate stem leaves. The calyx is deeply cut and noticeably hairy. The flowers are individual, upright, blue-violet bells that appear very large compared to the small plant: the crown is 1.5 to 3.5 cm in diameter. The fruits are 3–12 mm long, hairy capsules.
The flowering period is July and August. The flowers are u. a. visited by bumblebees.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.
Occurrence
Campanula lasiocarpa grows in the montane to alpine zone on moist meadows, forests and rock corridors. Its distribution area in North America is Alaska, the Yukon Territory, Alberta, British Columbia and Washington. In Asia, this little bellflower can be found in Kamchatka , on the Kuril Islands , on Sakhalin and in Japan on Hokkaidō and Honshū .
History
This species was first described by the German poet and naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso , who took part in a circumnavigation of the world, the Rurik expedition of Russian captain Otto von Kotzebue , from 1815 to 1818 and a. explored the flora of Alaska.
literature
- Verna E. Pratt: Alaskan Wildflowers . 18th edition. Alaskakrafts, Anchorage 2009, ISBN 0-9623192-0-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campanula lasiocarpa at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
