Campanula divaricata Michaux. Common name: Southern Harebell, Appalachian Bellflower. Phenology: Jul-Oct; Sep-Dec. Habitat: Rock outcrops, cliffs, rocky summits, talus, up to at least 1850m. Distribution: A broad endemic of the Southern and Central Appalachians: MD and KY south to AL and GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, G, K4, NE, RAB, Tn, Va, W, Rosatti (1986); = Campanula flexuosa Michx. — S; = Rapunculus species 3. Basionym: Campanula divaricata Michx. 1803
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Delicate, erect perennial of wooded slopes, cliffs, talus slopes and trail banks.
Stems: Stems smooth, slender, with spreading-drooping branches; often grows in clumps.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, short-petiolate to sessile, lance-oval, to 3 in. long, coarsely toothed.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers numerous in a loose, open panicle; pale blue-violet on dangling stalks, bell-shaped, consisting of 5 petals with recurved tips, a cup-shaped (green) calyx tube with 5 spreading narrow lobes and a protruding style.
Fruits: Fruit a tiny top-shaped capsule.
Comments: A southern and central Appalachian endemic.
Height: 8-30 in.
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description: Delicate, erect perennial of wooded slopes, cliffs, talus slopes and trail banks.
stems: Stems smooth, slender, with spreading-drooping branches; often grows in clumps.
leaves: Leaves alternate, short-petiolate to sessile, lance-oval, to 3 in. long, coarsely toothed.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers numerous in a loose, open panicle; pale blue-violet on dangling stalks, bell-shaped, consisting of 5 petals with recurved tips, a cup-shaped (green) calyx tube with 5 spreading narrow lobes and a protruding style.
fruits: Fruit a tiny top-shaped capsule.
comments: A southern and central Appalachian endemic.
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native range: southeastern United States
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