Steppe Bellflower

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Steppe Bellflower
Steppe Bellflower (Campanula sibirica)

Steppe Bellflower ( Campanula sibirica )

Systematics
Euasterids II
Order : Astern-like (Asterales)
Family : Bellflower family (Campanulaceae)
Subfamily : Campanuloideae
Genre : Bluebells ( campanula )
Type : Steppe Bellflower
Scientific name
Campanula sibirica
L.

The steppe bellflower ( Campanula sibirica ), also known as the Siberian bellflower , is a species of bellflower ( Campanula ) within the bellflower family (Campanulaceae). It is common in south-eastern Europe.

description

Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, No. 659, 1803
Bell-shaped flowers

Vegetative characteristics

The steppe bellflower grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of 15 to 40, rarely up to 60 centimeters. The branched stem is hairy short. The leaves are arranged in a basal rosette and alternately distributed on the stem. The basal leaves are narrow-egg-shaped to narrow-lanceolate, gradually narrowing towards the base into the stalk, irregular and slightly serrated at the edge. The stem leaves are elongated-linear and wavy at the edge.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from June to August. The flowers stand upright during anthesis and fade with nodding in an all-round, racemose inflorescence .

The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The five sepals are green. The calyx appendage is narrowly triangular to elongated with a length of 1.5 to 3 millimeters and protrudes from the ovary. The five dark blue-purple petals are fused like a bell, 15 to 20 millimeters long and (almost) bare inside on the edge.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.

Steppe bellflower ( Campanula sibirica subsp. Sibirica ) in bloom

Locational conditions in Central Europe

The steppe bellflower needs calcareous or at least basic, loosely dry, often sandy or somewhat stony soils . It colonizes semi-arid grasslands , and occasionally roadsides. It is a species of character of the order Festucetalia valesiacae.

Systematics and distribution

The first publication of Campanula sibirica was made in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum , Volume 1, page 167. The specific epithet sibirica is from Siberia. The synonyms for Campanula sibirica L. are : Campanula charkeviczii Fed. , Campanula divergens Willd. Fish , Campanula Hohenackeri . & CAMey. , Campanula talievii Juz. , Campanula taurica Juz.

The main distribution of the steppe bellflower is in the steppes of south-east Europe and in south-east Europe (areas north of the Black Sea). It is also found in Turkey and western Siberia . It is seldom found in eastern Central Europe , in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg, at the southern foot of the Alps and on the eastern slope of the Vienna Woods , it occurs locally scattered.

Depending on the author, there are several subspecies (selection):

  • Campanula sibirica subsp. divergens (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Nyman : It occurs in eastern Central Europe and in Southeastern Europe .
  • Campanula sibirica subsp. elatior (Fomin) Fed. : It occurs from Ukraine to the Caucasus region.
  • Campanula sibirica subsp. Hohenackeri (Fisch. & CAMey.) Damboldt : It occurs from northern and eastern Turkey to northwestern Iran .
  • Campanula sibirica subsp. parviflora Ancev : It occurs in Bulgaria . It was first described in 2012.
  • Campanula sibirica subsp. sibirica : It is widespread from the European mountains to the Uighur autonomous region of Xinjiang .
  • Campanula sibirica subsp. taurica (Juz.) Fed. : It occurs in the Caucasus region and in the Crimea .

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literature

  • Siegmund Seybold : The flora of Germany and the neighboring countries. A book for identifying all wild and frequently cultivated vascular plants . Founded by Otto Schmeil , Jost Fitschen . 95th completely revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-494-01498-2 .
  • Henning Haeupler, Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany . Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (=  The fern and flowering plants of Germany . Volume 2 ). 2nd corrected and enlarged edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001-4990-2 .
  • Dietmar Aichele, Heinz-Werner Schwegler: The flowering plants of Central Europe . 2nd Edition. tape 4 : Nightshade plants to daisy plants . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-08048-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Campanula sibirica L., Siberian bellflower. In: FloraWeb.de.
  2. ↑ 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.  891 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Campanula sibirica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Campanula - data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on April 4, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Steppe Bellflower ( Campanula sibirica )  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files