NameThatPlant.net: Campanula divaricata

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Southern Harebell at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-002:

Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Southern Harebell, Appalachian Bellflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-002:
Campanula divaricata FAMILY Campanulaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: rock outcrops, cliffs, rocky summits, talus, up to at least 1850m, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence a diffuse panicle (with at least 2 orders of branching)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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