Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Palustricodon aparinoides var. grandiflorus
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula aparinoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Campanula uliginosa
COMMON NAME:
Largeflower Marsh-bellflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caul3_001_lvd
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa
July Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
"aparinoides" refers to common cleavers, Galium aparine. Both tend to adhere to clothing or fur, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa3
July Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
Stems weak and leaves narrow, both scabrous with small, stiff retrorse hairs, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa4
July Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
Corolla 5-13mm long; pedicels ascending, the bractless portion 1-8cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Jeff Ausmus jma_camapa2
August Roscommon County MI
Roscommon State Forest Area: HIggins Township
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Palustricodon aparinoides var. grandiflorus
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula aparinoides
FAMILY
Campanulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Campanula aparinoides var. grandiflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Campanula uliginosa
4025
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, fens, marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
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
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to very pale blue
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed broadly campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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