Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Campanula divaricata
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cadi3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200613_5854
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9779
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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Keith Bradley kab_c_divaricata_2190
July Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm060805_404
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060805_406
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Calyx lobes linear to linear-lanceolate, ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120830_213
August Henderson County NC
Holmes Educational Forest
Leaves linear-lanceolate, margins coarsely toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm150808_670
August McDowell County? NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_campanula_divaricata
August
Flowers pale blue, bell-shaped, lobe tips curled back, style protruding, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0309i_24
September Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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JK Marlow jkm200926_7394
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
242
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: rock outcrops, cliffs, rocky summits, talus, up to at least 1850m, per Weakley's Flora
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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/ Violet
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Inflorescence a diffuse panicle (with at least 2 orders of branching)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p113
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p120
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p212
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p187
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p424
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p102
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p255
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p298
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p169