Giant Bellflower - Campanula latifolia

Description

Medium to tall sometimes reaching one metre in height, rather stout, usually hairy plant. Flowers blue but sometimes almost white, 40 to 55 mm long, deep sub-erect or ascending bells borne in leafy racemes. Mid stem leaves have no stalk but taper into the stem.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Woodland, river and stream banks.

When to see it

Late June to August.

Life History

Perennial

UK Status

Widespread but local over much of Britain, but scarce in southern England and Northern Scotland.

VC55 Status

Local in Leicestershire and Rutland, but may be frequent in suitable areas. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 65 of the 617 tetrads

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Species profile

Common names
Giant Bellflower
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Campanulaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
44
First record:
01/07/2007 (Neville, Dave)
Last record:
02/09/2023 (Bell, Melinda)

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