Bellflowers

Bellflower Family - Campanulaceae

Rampion Bellflower Campanula rapunculus

Native throughout Europe and much of the Mediterranean Basin to Iran. An upright plant to 30-80cm in height. Flowers pale blue with broadly spreading petals, carried in an upright spike.


Habit	Flowers	Flowers	Flowers

Lyrate Bellflower Campanula lyrata

Native to Turkey and the Eastern Aegean Islands. Widespread in stony places, sometimes growing from cracks on old walls and stone paving.


Habit	Flower	Calyx	Leaf

Fairy Bellflower Campanula erinus

Native from Macaronesia and the Mediterranean Region eastwards to the Caucasus, Iran and Arabian peninsula. A tiny plant of stony places, sometimes growing from cracks on old walls and stone paving.


Habit	Habit	Habit	Flower

Flower	Leaf	Leaf

Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium

Native throughout most of Europe and the Mediterranean Region to Iran and western Siberia. An upright plant to 50-100cm in height. Leaves coarsely toothed and with a narrow stalk (compare with Giant Bellflower), stems sharply angled.