ALICE Demonstration Chalk Grassland Database (UK)

Campanula rotundifolia L.

HIGHER TAXON: Campanulaceae

GENUS: Campanula L.

Campanula rotundifolia L. [13]

PLACES: -
  Europe
    England (N) [1]; Ireland (N) [1]; Scotland (N) [1]
    Wales (N) [1]
  Scandinavia
    Norway (N) [1]

HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [1], Chalk scrub [1], Dunes [1], Heathland [13]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 34 [1], 55 [1], 56 [1], 68 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed [13]
  Flower colour: white [13], blue [13]
  Habit: Herb [13]
  Hairiness: Hairless [13]
  Height: 10-20cm [13], 20-50cm [13]
  Leaf arrangement: alternate [13]
  Leaf shape: simple [13]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - semirosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [13]
  Month of flowering: july [13], august [13], september [13]
  Native: Native [13]
  Poisonous: no [13]
  Present in my garden: yes [13]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]

USES: -

VERNACULAR:
Bluebell [1]; Harebell [1]

NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.		Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
		Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

13.		Rose,F.,1981
		The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

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Campanula rotundifolia L.

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