Campanula rapunculus L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Rampion Bellflower
• 🇫🇷 Campanule raiponce

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 rapunculus

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. patula L., 1753, whose flowers have more spread petals.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• C. rapunculus subsp. lambertiana (A.DC.) Rech.f., 1965;
• C. rapunculus subsp. rapunculus L., 1753, P.

Photographs

Sources

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