UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Campanula piperi

Campanula medium
Campanula piperi

Olympic bellflower

Canterbury bells
Habit Perennial herbs, creeping below ground, glabrous or finely scabrous, the lax stems up to 1 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.

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.

Fruits

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

Campanula piperi

Campanula medium
Flowering time June-September May-July
Habitat Open, rocky areas at high elevations. Open, disturbed areas at low to moderate elevations.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in the Olympic Mountains of Washington, where endemic.
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Scattered on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, and in Montana; also in eastern North America.
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Origin Native Introduced
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. glomerata, C. lasiocarpa, C. medium, C. parryi, C. persicifolia, C. rapunculoides, C. rotundifolia, C. scabrella, C. scouleri
C. glomerata, C. lasiocarpa, C. parryi, C. persicifolia, C. piperi, C. rapunculoides, C. rotundifolia, C. scabrella, C. scouleri
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