Campanula garganica, the Adriatic bellflower, syn. C. elatines var. garganica, is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae, native to Southern Europe. It is a small, spreading herbaceous perennial growing to 5 cm (2 in). Basal rosettes of leaves bear a profusion of star-shaped blue flowers in summer.[1]

Campanula garganica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species:
C. garganica
Binomial name
Campanula garganica
Ten.
Campanula garganica ssp cephallenia

Cultivars include 'Dickson's Gold',[2] with gold-coloured foliage, and 'W.H. Paine', with white-centred, lilac coloured flowers. The latter has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit,[3] along with the species.[4]

References

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  1. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. ^ "Campanula garganica 'Dickson's Gold'". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Campanula garganica 'W.H. Paine'". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Campanula garganica". RHS. Retrieved 12 April 2020.