Campanula americana
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Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small |
American bellflower (Campanula americana)[1] is a tall bellflower that grows mainly in the Great Plains and eastern coast of the United States. Its flowers are light blue to violet and usually form in elongated clusters. It is an unusual bellflower in that its flowers are usually flat and not bell-shaped. It has a varying life-history with seeds germinating in the fall producing annual plants and spring-germinating seeds producing biannual plants. It is generally insect-pollinated, and does not usually self-pollinate.[2]
References
- Taxon: Campanula americana. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
- Galloway, L. F.; J. R. Etterson (2005). "Population differentiation and hybrid success in Campanula americana: geography and genome size". Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 81–89. European Society for Evolutionary Biology. doi:.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Campanula americana". Image Credit.
