Campanula lingulata Waldst. & Kit.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Campanulaceae// Genus: Campanula// Species: Campanula lingulata Waldst. & Kit.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Fedorov and Kovanda (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Biennial plant.

Distribution: Native to Balkan Peninsula and Romania (South-West Carpathians) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Also native to the Asiatic part of Türkiye according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Castroviejo et al., 2010+).

Habitat:  Grasslands, pastures, bushland, clearings and edges of forests in the oak forests belt. Recorded from the lowland up to c. 1000 m altitude, on several localities: hilly region near village of Beli, gorge of “Kochanska” River, lake “Gradche”, ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River.

Flowering period:  Late spring to summer (MAY, JUN, JUL).

Locality: ridge between lake “Gradche” and “Orizarska” River.

Campanula lingulata – habit in habitat. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – habit in habitat. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – habit. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – inflorescence. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – flowers. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – flowers. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – stem with cauline leaves. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – basal leaves and stem with cauline leaves. Mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the Gorge of “Orizarska’ River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Beli region.

Campanula lingulata – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata -lateral inflorescences. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata -flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – upper cauline leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska” River.

Campanula lingulata – stems with inflorescences. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – inflorescence. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – stem with upper cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – stem with upper cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – stem with cauline leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata – basal leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 22.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: “Mala” River near lake “Gradche”.

Campanula lingulata– habit (left) and flowering stem (right). Osogovo, “Mala” River near lake ” Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata– flowers. Osogovo, “Mala” River near lake ” Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata– flowers. Osogovo, “Mala” River near lake ” Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata– basal leaves and stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Mala” River near lake ” Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula lingulata– basal leaves and stems with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Mala” River near lake ” Gradche”, 12.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Campanula lingulata. Castroviejo, S., Aldasoro, J. J. & Alarcón, M.; with contributions from Hand, R. (2010+): Campanulaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/98bfe445-0c0b-454c-841a-8af53281ea19 [Accessed 11.01.2026].

Campanula lingulata. Castroviejo, S., Aldasoro, J. J. & Alarcón, M.; with contributions from Hand, R. (2010): Campanulaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Campanula%20lingulata&PTRefFk=7400000 [Accessed 04.01.2022].

Campanula lingulata Waldst. & Kit. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140597-1 [Accessed 04.01.2022].

Fedorov, A. A. (spp. 1–104) and Kovanda, M. (spp. 105–143).1976. Campanula L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (ed.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 74–93.

Last update: 11.01.2026.