Family |
Campanulaceae
Campanula rapunculus
L.
Campanula rapunculus L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CXCII nº 2; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Biennial, glabrous or pubescent, with a simple stem or few branches, leafy below and forming narrow panicles above, 60–100 cm tall.
Leaves: Basal leaves obovate, attenuate at the base, slightly petiolate, 40–80 × 10–20 mm; cauline leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute.
Inflorescence & flowers: Spiciform racemes of subsessile or shortly pedicellate flowers.
Calyx: Lobes narrowly lanceolate or subulate, entire or with 1–2 small basal teeth, 2–3× longer than the tube.
Corolla: Funnel-shaped, divided to 1/3 of its length, typically 15 mm (up to 20 mm); style about as long as the tube.
Fruit: Not described in detail; capsule opens by lateral pores.
Phenology: Flowers from May to September.
Habitat & elevation: Humid places, streambanks, and canal edges.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Nahr el-Aouali, Saïda, Beirut, Nahr el-Kelb, Nahr Ibrahim, Tripoli; Mi. Broummana, Ghazir, Qrayyé, ‘Abey, Jba‘a, Barouk, ‘Aïn Zehalta, Bikfaya, Hammana; Mm. Bân, Hasroun, Dimane, Tannourine, Afqa, Falougha, Jabal Barouk, ‘Aqoura, Ehden, between Ehden and Bcharré; Ve. Saghbine; Met. Ghtaura; ‘Akkar: Fnaideq.
Syrian distribution: Mm. Slenfé; NLatt. Froulok, Kessab; Sy. Homs.
Native range: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine. (KEW)
Introduced into: Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden. (KEW)