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Campanula (/ k æ m ˈ p æ nj ʊ l ə /) [4] is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family of flowering plants. Campanula are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".
The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. [2] Among them are several familiar garden plants belonging to the genera Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia , and Platycodon (balloonflower).
Spreading bellflower is a biennial herbaceous plant growing to a height of 25 to 80 centimetres (9.8 to 31.5 in). The stem is branched, erect and wiry and often reddish near the base. In its first year, this plant produces a rosette of short-stalked, slender, spatulate leaves. In the second year it sends up one or more flowering stalks.
Campanula rapunculus, common name rampion bellflower, [1] rampion, rover bellflower, or rapunzel, is a species of bellflower (Campanula) in the family Campanulaceae. [2]This species was once widely grown in Europe for its leaves, which were used like spinach, and its parsnip-like root, which was used like a radish. [3]
Campanula rapunculoides, known by the common names creeping bellflower, rampion bellflower, rover bellflower, garden bluebell, creeping bluebell, purple bell, garden harebell, and creeping campanula, [2] is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.
Campanula / k æ m ˈ p æ nj ʊ l ə / [1] is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers – campanula is Latin for "little bell". According to Plants of the World Online (POWO) the genus Campanula contains 448 species, [2] including: