Campanula barbata, common name bearded bellflower, is a perennial flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae.
Description Campanula barbata can reach a height of . This plant produces a small basal rosette of grayish-green leaves, simple, lanceolate with dentate margins and alternate. It has racemes of nodding, pale blue to deep blue campanulate flowers, which are hairy inside (hence the Latin name barbata, meaning bearded). They bloom from June to August.
Distribution This species is native to Norway, France, Italy and Central Europe.
Habitat Campanula barbata can be found in mountain regions at an elevation above sea level.
References
Christopher Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003
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