bellflower
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Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers (synset 112057408)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestssubtypes:
- bluebell, campanula rotundifolia, harebell - perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
- campanula rapunculoides, creeping bellflower - erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers
- campanula medium, canterbury bell, cup and saucer - European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers
- campanula divaricata, southern harebell - bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers
- campanula americana, tall bellflower - annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers
- campanula aparinoides, marsh bellflower - bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers
- campanula glomerata, clustered bellflower - bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers
- campanula persicifolia, peach bell, peach bells, willow bell - perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers
- campanula pyramidalis, chimney bellflower, chimney plant - bellflower of southeastern Europe
- campanula rapunculus, rampion, rampion bellflower - bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad
- campanula trachelium, nettle-leaved bellflower, throatwort - European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat
- campanula carpatica, spreading bellflower, tussock bellflower - European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers
belongs to: genus campanula - large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowerssame as: campanula
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