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Legousia speculum-veneris
Also called Large Venus's Looking Glass, Common Venus' Looking Glass, Venus' Looking Glass
An annual bellflower relative with violet-blue, star-shaped flowers from June to August, grown as a garden or cottage-garden plant. It is easy from seed sown in place in autumn or early spring, in full sun and well-drained soil.
Legousia speculum-veneris, the looking glass or large Venus's-looking-glass, is an annual ornamental plant in the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers). It blooms from June to August and is native to the Mediterranean region.
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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.
