Campanula rapunculoides L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Campanulaceae// Genus: Campanula// Species: Campanula rapunculoides L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Iran and Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal.

Habitat:  Clearings and edges of forests.

Flowering period:  Summer: JUN, JUL, AUG.

Campanula rapunculoides – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – flower buds. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – stem with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 26.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Campanula rapunculoides – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Campanula rapunculoides – flowering stem with cauline leaves and inflorescence. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides. Left: flowers and developing capsule; right: flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Campanula rapunculoides – flowers (left) and developing capsule (right). Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
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Campanula rapunculoides – basal leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 27.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Campanula rapunculoides L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:140949-1 [Accessed 04.01.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Last update: 29.11.2022.

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