NameThatPlant.net: Palustricodon aparinoides var. aparinoides

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Palustricodon aparinoides var. aparinoides FAMILY Campanulaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Campanula at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula aparinoides FAMILY Campanulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-003:

Campanula aparinoides FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Campanula aparinoides var. aparinoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Campanula aparinoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Campanula aparinoides

COMMON NAME:
Marsh-bellflower, Bedstraw Bellflower

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image of Palustricodon aparinoides var. aparinoides, Marsh-bellflower, Bedstraw Bellflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caap2_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_caap2_005_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Palustricodon aparinoides var. aparinoides FAMILY Campanulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campanula aparinoides FAMILY Campanulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 178-02-003:
Campanula aparinoides FAMILY Campanulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Campanula aparinoides var. aparinoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Campanula aparinoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campanula aparinoides

3369

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, marshes, wet meadows, seepage slopes over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia & possibly South Carolina

Rare

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes slender

FLOWER:
Summer
White to very pale blue
Radially symmetrical
5-parted calyx
5-lobed broadly campanulate corolla
5 stamens
Bisexual

Inflorescence a loose open panicle (or inflorescence reduced to 1-2 flowers)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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