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Campanulaceae > Campanulastrum (tall bellflower)

Tall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) Tall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)
Avery Co., NC
26 July 2006

The only species in its genus, Tall Bellflower is common in the NC mountains and becomes increasingly rare eastward.

Tall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) Tall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)
Avery Co., NC
26 July 2006

Referred to as Campanula americana in older references, current evidence supports placing it in its own genus.

Tall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum) Tall Bellflower (Campanulastrum americanum)
Avery Co., NC
26 July 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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