Summary ⁵

Campanula rapunculoides, known by the common names creeping bellflower, or rampion bellflower, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.

How to recognize it? ⁶

Purple bell-shaped blooms drooping on long stem. Jagged heart shaped leaves. Grow to 1.2m (3.9 ft).

Native lookalike: Native Harebell (Campanula) are shorter, have a more delicate habit, less blooms, and thin narrow leaves.

Observations in Banff National Park ⁷

https://inaturalist.ca/observations?project_id=69401&taxon_id=85321&place_id=any&verifiable=any

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/35478170@N08/4996750085
2. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campanula_rapunculoides_(4970801402).jpg
3. (c) Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0_Campanula_rapunculoides_-_Yvoire.jpg
4. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campanula_rapunculoides_(4997358698).jpg
5. Adapted by bioblitzbanff from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_rapunculoides
6. (c) bioblitzbanff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
7. (c) metallyza, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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