Michauxia campanuloides
| Rough-leaved Michauxia | |
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| 1793 illustration[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Michauxia |
| Species: | Michauxia campanuloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Michauxia campanuloides L'Hér. ex Ait. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Rough-leaved Michauxia (Michauxia campanuloides) is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. It is native to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel.[2][3]
Description
From rosettes of basal lanceolate and lobed leaves arise flowering stems up to 2 m high, branched towards the top carrying many drooping flowers of white, tinged with purple, with 8-10 long narrow reflexed lobes and long-projecting style. Flowers April-July.[4]
Habitat
Stony and rocky places.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Botanical Magazine -VOLUME-7 plate 219, 1793
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Flowers of Greece and the Aegean, Anthony Huxley and William Taylor, CHATTO & WINDUS, London 1977, ISBN 0 7011 2228 5
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
External links
- Michauxia campanuloides photo
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