Appearance
''Campanula latifolia'' is a clump-forming perennial herbaceous plant growing to a height of 60 to 120 centimetres. The stem is unbranched, erect and shortly pubescent, basal leaves are stalked, broadly ovate with a heart-shaped base, while the upper leaves are ovate-lanceolate, stalkless, softly hairy with bluntly toothed margins.The inflorescence is a many-flowered terminal raceme or in the axils of upper leaves and have subtending bracts. The flowers are hermaphrodite, bell-shaped, initially erect but later nodding and 35 to 60 mm long. The calyx is fused with five narrow lobes, eventually spreading. The corolla is pubescent with five dark violet-blue fused petals. There are five stamens and a pistil formed from three fused carpels. The fruit is a hairy, nodding capsule. The flowering period is from July to September.
Distribution
''Campanula latifolia'' is native to Europe and western Asia as far east as Kashmir. Its natural habitat is broad-leaved woodland, coppices, parkland and forest margins. Some occurrences are as a result of escape from cultivation.Habitat
''Campanula latifolia'' is native to Europe and western Asia as far east as Kashmir. Its natural habitat is broad-leaved woodland, coppices, parkland and forest margins. Some occurrences are as a result of escape from cultivation.References:
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