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Campanulaceae

Campanula stricta var. libanotica

(A.DC.) Boiss.

Leb. Syr. Tur

Campanula stricta var. libanotica (A. DC.) Boiss.


(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CLXXXVIII nº 5; 1983)


  • Life-form & habit: Perennial with numerous stems arising from a branched rhizome, often suffrutescent at the base. Stems short, ascending or decumbent, densely covered in scabrous or bristly hairs.

  • Leaves: Narrower than the type; lower leaves ovate-oblong, slightly acute, tapering into a petiole; upper leaves sessile, semi-amplexicaul, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, acuminate.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: Flowers sessile, solitary or in lax spikes, located in axils of upper leaves.

  • Calyx: Densely hairy, lobes triangular-oblong, becoming swollen and reticulate at fruiting, enclosing the capsule.

  • Corolla: Pale blue, funnel-shaped, velvety, 15–30 mm long.

  • Fruit: Capsule enclosed in the calyx.

  • Phenology: Flowers from June to October.

  • Habitat & elevation: Rocky mountain slopes and open pastures.

  • Lebanese distribution: Mm. & Me. Sir, Dimane, Jourd Tannourine, Dimane–Yammouné, ‘Aïn Dahab, Jourd Hasroun, Jabal Barouk, forest of Ehden, Ma‘asser ech-Chouf, Jabal Kneissé, Jabal Sannine, Qala‘at ‘Arrouba, Jisr-el-Hajar, Cèdres de Barouk, Les Cèdres, ‘Aïn el-Qarn, Rijal el-‘Asharah, Col des Cèdres; Ve. ‘Aïnata.

  • Native range: Mountains of Turkey, Lebanon, and Hermon. 

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