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Lilium columbianum and Campanula rotundifolia

Lilium columbianum and Campanula rotundifolia

Lilium columbianum, or Columbia lily, was previously featured on BPotD here and here.

Though I learned the common name for Campanula rotundifolia as bluebell, harebell is far more often used. This helps distinguish it from species of Hyacinthoides, in the Hyacinthaceae. On the other hand, the USDA PLANTS database uses bluebell bellflower, again demonstrating the variable nature of common names.

The distinctive bell shape of the flower in the genus Campanula (illustrated in these photographs from the Burke Museum: Campanula rotundifolia) earns its own morphological term: campanulate, or bell-shaped. Do note that the use of this term isn't restricted to members of this family.

5 Comments

Beverley commented:

Lilium columbianum - Z5 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths

Campanula rotundifolia - Z3 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Campanula rotundifolia - Z5-8 - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk

Souren commented:

Hi Daniel
This looks like a natural setting - I would be interested to know where it is!

Daniel Mosquin commented:

Hi Souren, when I know the locale where a picture was taken (not always possible when it's not mine!), I tag it on to the end of the keywords - so today's was taken at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.

Cyndy Henderson commented:

I can almost smell the Spring air, and warmth from the sunshine!

rosa commented:

Beautiful

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