Common name:
Giant bellflower
Family:
Scientific name:
Campanula latifolia
Main flower color:
Range:
Southern Scotland, most of Wales and north/central England; absent from the far south
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Woodland, hedgerows, on rich, often calcareous soils
Flowers:
Bell-shaped, up to 5 cm long, usually purple, occasionally all-white, opening to five broad lobes, often partly recurved. The green sepals are much shorter, spreading, and hairless. Stems are also hairless, and strongly ridged
Leaves:
Lanceolate to ovate, shallowly toothed. Basal leaves are stalked, and tapered at the base, while stem leaves are stalkless
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
