Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Fedorov and Kovanda in Tutin et al. (1976).
Species variability:Campanula sparsa Friv. shows considerable morphological variation, with 3 subspecies described according to Fedorov and Kovanda in Tutin et al. (1976), all of which occur in the Osogovo region. Currently, only one subspecies: Campanula sparsa Friv. subsp. sparsa is accepted in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Castroviejo et al., 2010+).
Distinction between subspecies:
Campanula sparsa subsp. frivaldskyi (Steud.) = C. expansa Friv., non J. H. Rudolph: Diameter of corolla 30 – 35 mm, calyx teeth erecto-patent at anthesis.
Campanula sparsa Friv. subsp. sparsa: Diameter of corolla c. 25 mm, calyx teeth patent or somewhat deflexed at anthesis.
Campanula sparsa subsp. sphaerothrix (Griseb.) Hayek: Form with a comparatively smaller flowers – corolla 12 to 16 mm, calyx teeth patent to erecto-patent.
* intermediate forms occur between subsp. frivaldskyi and subsp. sparsa.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution:Campanula sparsa Friv. is native from the Balkan Peninsula to Hungary according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Clearings and edges of forests, grasslands.
Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.
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Campanula sparsa subsp. sparsa. 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 https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/89e6ddf6-ec5d-472e-b3e4-933ae3f59c9 [Accessed 05.08.2023].
Campanula L. Fedorov, A. A. (spp. 1-104) and Kovanda, M. (spp. 105-143) in 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, pp. 74-93.
