Summary ⁵

Campanula barbata, common name Bearded Bellflower, is a species of perennial bellflower in the family Campanulaceae.

Description ⁶

Campanula barbata can reach a height of 20–30 centimetres (7.9–11.8 in). This plant produces a small basal rosette of grayish-green leaves, simple, lanceolate with dentate margins and alternate. It has racemes of nodding, pale blue to deep blue campanulate flowers, which are hairy inside (hence the Latin name barbata, meaning bearded). They bloom from June to August.

Habitat ⁶

It can be found in mountain regions at an elevation 1,100–2,600 metres (3,600–8,500 ft) above sea level.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Paseos por los Alpes 2007, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/paseosalpes2007/989150418/
2. (c) Fred Inklaar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/35468149066@N01/205581400
3. (c) Biodiversity Heritage Library, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6298816870/
4. (c) Franco Folini, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/78425154@N00/6010723944
5. Adapted by Bea Steinemann from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_barbata
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_barbata

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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