CAMPANULA ERINUS

Family and Genus:- See- CAMPANULACEAE/Sect. CAMPANULA

Common Names:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- Erinia campanula, Roucela erinus, Wahlenbergia

erinus.

Meaning:- Campanula (L) Bell-like.

Erinus (Gr) Of-spring.

General description:- Slender, erect or spreading annual, sparsely patent-

pubescent throughout

Stem:-

1) 3-10(-30) cm, dichotomously branched, weakly angular and striate.

Leaves:-

1) 1-2 cm, alternate or opposite, ovate or obovate. margins, crenate-dentate

sometimes slightly lobed, setose. sessile.

Flowers:-

1) Terminal and axillary, sessile.

2) Calyx:

a) teeth, erect, acute, patent. after anthesis. shorter than the corolla.

3) Corolla, 3-5 mm, inconspicuous, slightly exceeding the calyx, cylindrical, pale

blue.

4) Bracts, with 1 or 2 pairs of blunt teeth.

5) Stigmas, 3.

6) Ovary, 3-locular

Fruit:-

1) Capsule, urceolate, pendent.

Key features:-

1) Calyx, without appendages between the teeth.

2) Flowers, sessile.

3) Corolla, 3-5 mm.

4) Stigmas, 3.

5) Ovary, 3-locular

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Habitat:- Rocky slopes with dry open shrubby vegetation , screes, rock ledges,

stone walls, margins of terraced fields and olive groves, generally on limestone,

0-800(-1300) m.

Distribution:- Throughout Greece but less common in the interior. - Widespread in

the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. Widely distributioned across Crete.

Flowering time:- Late March to mid-June.

Photos by:- Fotis Samaritakis