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Campanula rotundifolia
Also called Bluebell Of Scotland, Bluebell, Bluebell Bellflower, Harebell / Bluebell, Scottish Bluebell, Meadowbell, Common Harebell
Harebell is a slender perennial bellflower with violet-blue bell-shaped flowers in late summer and autumn, native to temperate Europe and Asia. It grows best in dry, sunny, well-drained conditions, and it is found in the wild rather than commonly as a garden or houseplant.
Campanula rotundifolia, the harebell or common harebell, Scottish bluebell, or bluebell in Scotland, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. This herbaceous perennial is found throughout the north temperate regions of the Old World according to the Plants of the World Online database, or throughout the northern hemisphere in other interpretations (see Taxonomy, below). In Scotland, it is often known simply as bluebell. It is the floral emblem of Sweden where it is known as small bluebell. It produces its violet-blue, bell-shaped flowers in late summer and autumn.
The Latin specific epithet rotundifolia means "round leaved". This refers to the basal leaves; not all leaves are round in shape, with middle and upper stem leaves being linear.
Following the POWO database, Campanula rotundifolia occurs from Iceland south through Great Britain and Ireland to Spain, and east across Europe and Asia to the Pacific coast of Russia and northeastern China, but absent from North America. Some other European authors also accept its occurrence in Spitzbergen, and the southern coasts of Greenland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campanula rotundifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
