Common name
English: Harebell
German: Rundblättrige Glockenblume
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2633)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Campanulaceae (15)(family description)
Genus: Campanula (4)
Epithet: rotundifolia L. (7)
Synonyms: Campanula allophylla Raf., Campanula angustifolia Lam., Campanula antirrhina Schleich., Campanula arcuata Schur, Campanula asturica Podlech, Campanula bielzii Schur, Campanula bocconei Vill., Campanula caballeroi Sennen & Losa, Campanula caespitosa (Vill.) Steud., Campanula carnica Kra, Campanula cespitosa (Vill.) Steud., Campanula chinganensis A.I.Baranov, Campanula cinerea Hegetschw., Campanula confertifolia (Reut.) Witasek, Campanula decloetiana Ortmann, Campanula delicatula Sennen & Losa, Campanula diversifolia Dumort., Campanula filiformis Gilib., Campanula grammosepala Vuk., Campanula heterodoxa Bong., Campanula heterophylla Gray, Campanula hostii Baumg., Campanula inconcessa Schott, Nyman & Kotschy, Campanula juncea Hill, Campanula lanceolata Lapeyr., Campanula lancifolia Schur, Campanula langsdorffiana (A.DC.) Fisch., Campanula legionensis Pau, Campanula linifolia Schrank, Campanula lobata Schloss. & Vuk., Campanula lostrittii Ten., Campanula marchesettii (Murr) Dalla Torre & Sarnth., Campanula minor Lam., Campanula minuta Savi, Campanula nejceffii Marinov & Stoyanov, Campanula paenina Reut., Campanula pennica Reut., Campanula pennina Reut., Campanula pinifolia Uechtr., Campanula poenina Reut., Campanula pseudovaldensis Schur, Campanula pubescens Rchb., Campanula pusilla (Schloss. & Vuk.) Vuk., Campanula racemosa (Krašan) Witasek, Campanula reboudiana Gren. & Godr., Campanula rhomboidalis (Lapeyr.) Loisel., Campanula rotunda Gilib., Campanula rotundifolia (G.Don) House, Campanula sarmentosa Fenzl & Vuk., Campanula scheuchzeri (Lapeyr.) J.-M.Tison, Campanula solstitialis A.Kern., Campanula tenuifolia Hoffm., Campanula tracheliifolia Losa, Campanula urbionensis Rivas Mart. & G.Navarro, Campanula variifolia Salisb., Campanula wiedemannii Podlech, Campanula wiedmannii Podlech, Depierrea campanuloides Schltdl., Rapunculus esculentus Steud.
angustifolia => with narrow leaves
arcuata => bow-shaped, bent
caespitosa => growing in dense tufts
cinerea => ashen-grey
diversifolia => with different leaves, variable foliage
esculentus => edible, fit for human food
filiformis => shaped like threads
heterophylla => bearing leaves of more than one kind
juncea => rush-like
lanceolata => lancet-like in form
lancifolia => with sharply pointed leaves
linifolia => leaves like Linum (flax)
lobata => divided into or bearing lobes
minor => smaller, lesser
minuta => smaller, lesser
pubescens => downy, slightly hairy
racemosa => in form of a cluster
rotundifolia => referring to the rounded leaves
solstitialis => pertaining to the longest day of the year
tenuifolia => slender-leaved, fine-leaved
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue
