CAMPANULA HIERAPETRAE
Family and Genus:- See- CAMPANULACEAE/Sect. CAMPANULA
Common Name:- None
Homotypic Synonyms:- None
Meaning:- Campanula (L) Bell-like.
Hierapetrae (L) After its geographical location, Ierapetra, Crete.
General description:- A small velvety perennial.
Stems:-
1) c. 5-10 cm, ascending or spreading, filiform leafy.
Leaves:-
1) Basal:
a) 8-10 mm.
b) ovate-spatulate, petiolate.
2) Cauline:
a) ovate or almost orbicular.
b) with small petioles
Flowers:-
a) 1-4, shortly pedicillate.
1) Corolla:
a) 12-15 mm, 2-3 times as long as the calyx, infundibuliform, greyish-blue.
2) Style:
a) shortly protruding beyond the surrounding parts (exserted).
3) Stigmas, 3.
4) Ovary, 3-locular.
Fruit:-
1) Capsule:
a) open by 5 holes at the base.
Key features:-
1) Plant, velutinous.
2) Corolla, 12-15 mm.
3) Stigmas, 3.
4) Ovary, 3-locular.
5) Calyx, with appendages between the teeth.
Habitat:- Crevices of calcareous rock-faces 1000-1450 m.
Distribution:- Cretan endemic from the Afendis Kavousi massif. E. Crete.
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Flowering time:- July-Aug.
Photos by:- Steve Lenton
Status:-
Conservation status (for threatened species): Rare (R) according to the Red Data
Book of Rare and Threatened Plants of Greece (1995)
Rare (R) according to IUCN 1997:
Protection status (for threatened species): Greek Presidential Decree 67/1981.
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