CAMPANULA TUBULOSA

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

Common Names:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Campanula (L) Bell-like.

Tubulosa (L) Large-tubular.

General description:- Biennial with stiff or bristly hairs.

Stem:-

1) 15-40 cm, several, slender, ascending, pubescent, moderately branched with

short, ± divaricate branches, often purplish.

Leaves:-

a) Basal, in a rosette, long-petiolate, blade narrowly elliptical, crenate-serrate,

sparsely pilose, hirsute.

b) Cauline,

i) middle, oblong-ovate.

ii) upper, ovate-lanceolate, serrate-dentate, sessile.

Flowers:-

1) Few, axillary or terminal.

2) Calyx teeth, triangular, acuminate, up to half as long as corolla; appendages

large, broadly oblong to ovate, exceeding the ovary.

3) Corolla, 20-30 mm, tubular to narrowly campanulate.

a) lobes short, broadly ovate, twice as long as the calyx, violet-blue, velutinous.

Fruit:-

1) Capsule, dehiscing, by basal pores or valves.

Key features:-

1) Corolla, tubular.

2) Petioles, of basal leaves not lobulate.

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Habitat:- Rocks and gorges of middle and low altitudes.

Distribution:- Cretan endemic. Mainly in the west.

Flowering time:- April-May.

Photos by:- Steve Lenton