Campanula rotundifolia

Campanula rotundifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species:
C. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Campanula rotundifolia
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Campanula allophylla Raf. ex A.DC.
  • Campanula angustifolia Lam.
  • Campanula antirrhina Schleich.
  • Campanula asturica Podlech
  • Campanula bielzii Schur
  • Campanula bocconei Vill.
  • Campanula caballeroi Sennen & Losa
  • Campanula chinganensis A.I.Baranov
  • Campanula confertifolia (Reut.) Witasek
  • Campanula decloetiana Ortmann
  • Campanula heterodoxa Vest ex Schult.
  • Campanula hostii Baumg.
  • Campanula inconcessa Schott, Nyman & Kotschy
  • Campanula juncea Hill
  • Campanula lanceolata Lapeyr.
  • Campanula langsdorffiana (A. DC.) Trautv.
  • Campanula legionensis Pau
  • Campanula lobata Schloss. & Vuk.
  • Campanula lostrittii Ten.
  • Campanula minor Lam.
  • Campanula minuta Savi
  • Campanula pennina Reut.
  • Campanula pinifolia Uechtr. ex Pancic
  • Campanula pseudovaldensis Schur
  • Campanula solstitialis A.Kern.
  • Campanula tenuifolia Hoffm.
  • Campanula tenuifolia Mart.
  • Campanula tracheliifolia Losa ex Sennen
  • Campanula urbionensis Rivas Mart. & G.Navarro
  • Campanula wiedmannii Podlech
  • Depierrea campanuloides Schltdl.

Campanula rotundifolia, the common harebell, Scottish bluebell, or bluebell of Scotland, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae.[2] This herbaceous perennial is found throughout the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. In Scotland, it is often known simply as bluebell. It is the floral emblem of Sweden where it is known as small bluebell.[3] It produces its violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers in late summer and autumn.

The Latin specific epithet rotundifolia means "round leaved".[4] However, not all leaves are round in shape. Middle stem-leaves are linear.[5]: 707 

  1. ^ "Campanula rotundifolia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference vascan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sveriges nationalblomma". 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  5. ^ Stace, C. A. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles (Fourth ed.). Middlewood Green, Suffolk, U.K.: C & M Floristics. ISBN 978-1-5272-2630-2.