Campanula patula L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Spreading Bellflower
🇫🇷 Campanule étalée

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Campanuloideae
Tribe: Campanuleae
Genus: Campanula
Species: Campanula patula

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Flowers are typically of a blue-violet, but they can also be white.

Possible confusion with C. rapunculus L., 1753, whose flowers have less spread petals.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

C. patula subsp. abietina (Griseb. & Schenk) Simonk., 1887;
C. patula subsp. alekovyi Ančev, 1994;
C. patula subsp. epigaea (Janka ex Degen) Hayek, 1930;
C. patula subsp. jahorinae (K.Malý) Greuter & Burdet, 1981;
C. patula subsp. patula L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/campanula-patula.webp — Campanula patula

img/campanula-patula-2.webp — Campanula patula

img/campanula-patula-3.webp — Campanula patula

img/campanula-patula-5.webp — Campanula patula

img/campanula-patula-4.webp — Campanula patula

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 608). Biotope.