American Bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
Summary 3
Campanula americana, the American bellflower, is a tall bellflower native to eastern North America from the Great Lakes region south to Florida and from the Dakotas east to New York. This native plant is an annual or biennial from 2-6' tall. Its flowers are light blue to violet and are usually arranged in elongated clusters. It is an unusual bellflower in that its flowers are usually flat and not bell-shaped.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Kerry Woods, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/93854456@N03/9736632214/
- (c) Tom Potterfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/55770627@N04/6793756424
- Adapted by The Preserve at Shaker Village from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanulastrum_americanum
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Blooms in | fall, summer |
|---|---|
| Color | blue, purple |
| Habitat | Forest |
| Status | native |
