Campanula carpatica
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae}}
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| genus = Campanula
| species = carpatica
| authority = Jacq.
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| Campanula carpatica f. dasycarpa | (Schur) Tacik
| Campanula carpatica f. subpilosa | (Schur) Tacik
| Campanula carpatica subsp. turbinata | (Schott, Nyman & Kotschy) Nyman
| Campanula cordifolia | Vuk.
| Campanula dasycarpa | Schur
| Campanula hendersonii | Anon.
| Campanula oreophila | Schur
| Campanula pseudocarpatica | Schur
| Campanula reniformis | Schur
| Campanula turbinata | Schott, Nyman & Kotschy
| Neocodon carpaticus | (Jacq.) Kolak. & Serdyuk.
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| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=701634-1 |title=Campanula carpatica |accessdate=22 May 2022}}
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Campanula carpatica, the tussock bellflower{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}{{PLANTS|id=CACA37|taxon=Campanula carpatica|accessdate=10 January 2016}} or Carpathian harebell, is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae.
Description
Campanula carpatica is a low-growing herbaceous perennial. Plants possess basal leaves and thin, white rhizomes. Stems grow up to 45 cm long. Flowers are solitary and stand on stalks ranging from 10–15 cm long. Flowers are purple in colour and plants bloom from June to August.{{Cite book |last=Phillips, Rix |first=Roger, Martyn |title=Perennials Volume 2 Late Perennials |publisher=Pan Books |year=1991 |isbn=0330292757 |pages=128}}
Distribution
= Native Range =
Campanula carpatica is native to parts of Europe including the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine,{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=Campanula carpatica Jacq. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/140068-1 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=powo.science.kew.org}} Poland and Western Russia. It can also be found growing within the Carpathian Mountains of Central Europe.
= Introduced Range =
Campanula carpatica has also been introduced into areas outside of its natural range. This species was introduced further into Europe in Hungary, Denmark, Belgium, France, Norway and the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=Campanula carpatica Jacq. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5410826 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=Global Biodiversity Information Facility}} The species was also introduced into North America where it has been recorded in the states of Connecticut and Michigan.
Habitat
Campanula carpatica naturally grows in elevated, mountainous habitat where they grow in and amongst rocks.
Cultivation
It was introduced to the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew in 1774 by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin.{{cite journal |author=William Curtis |year=1790 |title=The Botanical Magazine |pages=117}}
Several cultivars in shades of white, blue, pink and purple, have been developed for garden use.{{cite book |title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |year=2008 |isbn=978-1405332965 |location=United Kingdom |pages=1136}}
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web |title=RHS Plant Selector - Campanula carpatica |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/24372/Campanula-carpatica/Details |accessdate=15 April 2020}}
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Category:Flora of Eastern Europe
Category:Garden plants of Europe
Category:Plants described in 1770
Category:Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
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