Bellflowers

Campanula topaliana Rockcress-leaved Bellflower Campanula andrewsii ssp. hirsutula Branched Bellflower



Bellflower Family - Campanulaceae

Branched Bellflower      Campanula ramosissima

Native from Italy to southern Greece. Frequent in a wide range of habitats. A slender annual (or rarely biennial) with a slender taproot. Calyx tube hispid; calyx lobes three-veined, toothed near the base.

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Spoon-leaved Bellflower      Campanula spatulata

Native to the southern Balkans, south to Crete. A slender perennial with a turnip-like root and often short stolons. Basal leaves spatulate, stem leaves lanceolate. Calyx tube smooth.

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Rockcress-leaved Bellflower      Campanula drabifolia

Native to southern Greece and perhaps South-west Turkey. Frequent in open, stony places.

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     Campanula andrewsii ssp. hirsutula

Native and endemic to the southern Peloponnese. On rocks and walls such as at Monemvasia.

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     Campanula topaliana

Native and endemic to southern Greece with the nominate subspecies being endemic to Peloponnese. On rocks and walls such as at Mystras, Mycenae.

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Kamari's Bellflower      Campanula kamariana

Endemic to the Peloponnese and currently known from just two sites. First discovered and described in 2017.

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