Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Campanula portenschlagiana

Family

Campanulaceae

Other names

Campanula, Bellflower

Flowering season

Adria Bellflower peaks with a mass of flowers in May and

June, but a few flowers can be found in most months,

including January.

English distribution

It found throughout the country, especially in

the Southwest.

See the BSBI distribution map for– Adria Bellflower

Habitat

It is widely grown in gardens (since 1830s) on rockeries,

on walls and as border ground cover.

It is  a well-established escape (since 1920s) and is found

on walls, cracks in pavements, banks and waste ground.  

Description  

Adria Bellflower is a low growing, trailing  herb.

Flowers are violet-blue and  bell-shaped with petals

joined more than half way.

There are  white stamens and a  3-lobed stigma.

Sepals are smaller than in Trailing Bellflower.

Leaves are dark green, kidney-shaped and jaggedly

toothed.

It spreads  rapidly by seeds and  root and stem

fragments.  

Trailing Bellflower (June), which grows in similar

places, has paler, greyer flowers and the petals form

a much shallower bell (picture 5).