Diamond-leaved bellflower
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Diamond-leaved bellflower ( Campanula rhomboidalis ) |
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The diamond-leaved bellflower ( Campanula rhomboidalis ) is a species of the genus bellflower ( Campanula ).
features
The diamond-leaved bellflower is a perennial plant that reaches heights of 25 to 70 centimeters. The stem is simple, slightly edged, upright and densely leafed. The numerous stem leaves are egg-shaped to diamond-shaped, pointed, roughly toothed and sitting with a rounded base. The flowers are long stalked, wide-bell-shaped, nodding, 12 to 20 millimeters long and blue-violet. It has broad triangular tips. The flowers are arranged in a mostly one-sided cluster . The calyx is glabrous, shorter than half the length of the flower and has almost linear tips. The calyx bays are blunt and have no appendage.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.
Occurrence
The diamond-leaved bellflower occurs in the Pyrenees, in the Jura and in the western Alps to the east as far as the front and rear Rhine area. It grows in calcareous, moist meadows and pastures in the montane to subalpine level at altitudes up to 2300 meters, rarely higher. It is a character species of the Polygono-Trisetion association and thrives in Switzerland, particularly in the western alpine Trisetetum flavescentis.
literature
- Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau : Alpine flowers (= Steinbach's natural guide. ). New, edited special edition. Mosaik-Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 894 .
Web links
- Campanula rhomboidalis L., diamond-leaved bellflower. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Diamond-leaved bellflower . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
- Campanula rhomboidalis L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved April 6, 2016.
- Thomas Meyer: Bellflower data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )