Campanula rotundifolia L.
common harebell (bluebell bellflower; bluebells-of-Scotland)
Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
common harebell (bluebell bellflower; bluebells-of-Scotland)
Campanulaceae (Bellflower family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Michael Wigle (Photo ID #13620)
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a taproot, slender rhizomes or branched stem-base; stems single to several, erect or ascending, 10-80 cm tall, more or less glabrous.
Leaves:
Basal leaves stalked, oval to heart-shaped, often deciduous; stem leaves alternate, toothed, linear to linear-lanceolate or egg-shaped, 1.5-8 cm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of several terminal clusters of numerous, bell-shaped flowers, erect or nodding; corollas 15-35 mm long, blue; calyx tubes glabrous; sepals entire.
Fruits:
Capsules, 5-8 mm long, nodding, cylindric to inverted cone-shaped.
Notes:
There is little evidence to suggest that C. alaskana is anything other than a coastal race of the highly variable C. rotundifolia. Many taxonomists (e.g., Shetler 1963, Welsh 1974, Scoggan 1979, Kartesz 1994) do not recognize any infraspecific taxa within this species.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Campanula rotundifolia
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1288 | 0 | 2563 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
35 | 0 | 170 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
185 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
852 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(16), BAFA(1), BG(5), BWBS(6), CMA(3), CWH(33), ESSF(226), ICH(55), IDF(229), IMA(2), MH(11), MS(141), PP(46), SBS(20), SWB(4) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist to dry meadows and rock outcrops in all vegetation zones; common throughout BC; circumboreal, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to TX, NM and N CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Campanula alaskana (A. Gray) W. Wight ex J.P. Anderson
Campanula dubia A. DC.
Campanula gieseckiana Vest ex Schult.
Campanula gieseckiana subsp. groenlandica (Berlin) Böcher
Campanula gieseckiana var. arctica (Lange) Böcher
Campanula groenlandica Berlin
Campanula heterodoxa Bong.
Campanula intercedens Witasek
Campanula petiolata A. DC.
Campanula rotundifolia subsp. groenlandica (Berlin) A. Löve & D. Löve
Campanula rotundifolia subsp. intercedens (Witasek) A. Löve & D. Löve
Campanula rotundifolia var. alaskana A. Gray
Campanula rotundifolia var. alpina Tuck.
Campanula rotundifolia var. arctica Lange
Campanula rotundifolia var. intercedens (Witasek) Farw.
Campanula rotundifolia var. lancifolia Mert. & W.D.J. Koch
Campanula rotundifolia var. petiolata (A. DC.) J.K. Henry
Campanula rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
Campanula rotundifolia var. velutina A. DC.
Campanula sacajaweana M. Peck