Family |
Campanulaceae
Campanula cymbalaria
Sm.
Leb. Tur.
Campanula cymbalaria Sm.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CLXXXVIII nº 4; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Glabrous or occasionally base-puberulent perennial. Stems flexuous, sprawling or somewhat erect, 20–50 cm (sometimes longer).
Leaves: Basal leaves very long-petiolate, thin, rounded or cordate at base, with ovate to reniform outline and 5–11 broad, triangular teeth. Floral leaves very small, subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, acute, subentire.
Inflorescence & flowers: Branchlets with 1–3 flowers; peduncles very slender.
Calyx: Setaceous lobes spreading, about three times as long as the globular tube.
Corolla: Bright blue, obconic-campanulate, glabrous, divided almost to the base, about twice the length of the calyx.
Fruit: Spherical capsule, strongly ribbed.
Phenology: Flowers from June to September.
Habitat & elevation: Rock crevices in mountainous areas.
Lebanese distribution: Mm. Jisr-el-Hajar, above Hasroun and Hadeth, Jabal Barouk, Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Sannine, ‘Aïn Saoua‘ir, Dahr el-Kodib, Foum el-Mizhab, Dimane–Yammouné, above the Cedars and Ehden, Qornet es-Saouda, Makmel; Me. Laqlouq; Ve. Neba‘ Chouène, Jabal Qamou‘a, above Sir, ‘Aqoura, Bcharré caves, Qadicha Gorge.
Syrian distribution: Slenfé; Hermon (Lebanese or southern slopes).
Native range: Lebanon, southern Turkey, Mount Hermon