Campanula barbata

CAMPANULA barbata
Bearded Bellflower

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 4-8" (10-20cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Blue, white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Campanulales (Bellflower Order)

Family: Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family)

Genus: Campanula (Bellflower)

Species: barbata (bearded)

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Campanula barbata is a delicate little plant forming a small basal rosette of narrow leaves, with a few arching spires of small blue bells which are hairy inside (the origin of the Latin name). As with most Bellflowers, there is also a white form.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Inside
(12 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a little pixie hat, opening with three holes at the top.
Seed The seeds are tiny light brown flat ovals. There are many seeds in a seed pod.
Seedling The seedling has long narrow leaves.

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				Germination: Winter Inside (12 days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a little pixie hat, opening with three holes at the top. Seed The seeds are tiny light brown flat ovals. There are many seeds in a seed pod. Seedling The seedling has long narrow leaves.