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Cape Verde Blue Bellflower

Campanula jacobaea

Cape Verde Blue Bellflower
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Cape Verde (Santiago)
Climate
subtropical

About

Campanula jacobaea is a species of flowering plants of the Campanulaceae family. The species is endemic to Cape Verde and is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Its local name is contra-bruxas-azul ("blue against witches"). The plant is used in traditional medicine. Campanula jacobaea is shown on a Cape Verdean $5 escudo coin issued in 1994.

Where it grows

Campanula jacobaea are founded in the islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau and Santiago. The main altitudinal distribution is between 600 m and 1000 m. The plant is a mesophytic species, found in humid and sub-humid areas.

Other Campanula plants

Bellflower · Aghrian Bellflower · Campanula akhdarensis · Alaskan Bellflower · Cornish Bellflower · Large Flowered Bellflower · Alpine Bellflower · Campanula americana · Campanula balfourii · Bearded Bellflower · Campanula betulifolia · European bellflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campanula jacobaea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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