UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Campanula piperi

Campanula lasiocarpa
Campanula piperi

Olympic bellflower

Alaska bellflower, Alaska harebell
Habit Perennial herbs, creeping below ground, glabrous or finely scabrous, the lax stems up to 1 dm. tall. Perennial herbs, creeping below ground, the lax stems up to 1.5 dm. tall.
Leaves

Basal leaves oblanceolate, 1-3 cm. long and 1/3 as wide, sharply serrate with firm, slender teeth;

cauline leaves alternate, similar and nearly as large as the basal.

Basal leaves petiolate, the blades oblanceolate to elliptic, serrate, 6-25 mm. long;

cauline leaves similar, alternate, few and reduced.
Flowers

Flowers 1-3 on the branch ends;

calyx lobes 5, leaf-like, narrow, 5-10 mm. long, with a few slender teeth;

corolla saucer-shaped, blue, 12-16 mm. long, the 5 broad lobes twice as long as the tube;

stamens 5;

style much shorter than the corolla;

ovary inferior.

Flowers usually solitary, terminal;

calyx lobes 5, narrow, leaf-like, 5-18 mm. long, with a few slender teeth;

corolla bell-shaped, blue, 18-30 mm. long, the 5 lobes broad, much shorter than the tube;

stamens 5, free form the corolla, the filaments short;

style included, stigma 3-lobed;

ovary inferior.
Fruits

Capsule 3-celled; sub-globose, 3-5 cm. long and wide.

Capsule 3-celled, cylindrical, 1 cm. long.

Campanula piperi

Campanula lasiocarpa
Flowering time June-September July-August
Habitat Open, rocky areas at high elevations. Subalpine and alpine rock crevices and heathlands.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains of Washington, where endemic.
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in central Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to Northwest Territories and Alberta.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
C. glomerata, C. lasiocarpa, C. medium, C. parryi, C. persicifolia, C. rapunculoides, C. rotundifolia, C. scabrella, C. scouleri
C. glomerata, C. medium, C. parryi, C. persicifolia, C. piperi, C. rapunculoides, C. rotundifolia, C. scabrella, C. scouleri
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