Bedstraw Bellflower

(Campanula aparinoides)

 

Color Photographs: © by and courtesy of Merel R. Black, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Bedstraw Bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)

Identification: Flowers small with 5 petals fused into a bell-shaped corolla with the apices of the petals pointed and spreading outward. Flowers white to pale blue, nodding from the tips of the stems. Stems weak, sometimes reclining on the ground, covered with short, hooked bristles. Leaves elongate, linear, with smooth outer margins. Plant 8 to 24 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America except Florida. Also occurs in the northern plains area, Colorado, Wyoming, and Washington.

Habitat: Bedstraw Bellflower is a species of swamps, wet meadows, and other open, wet habitats.

Flowering period: June to August.

Bedstraw Bellflower (Campanula aparinoides)

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The small flowers nodding at the apices of the stems and the elongate, thin leaves should easily identify this species.

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