Michauxia campanuloides

Rough-leaved michauxia
1793 illustration [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Michauxia
Species:	M. campanuloides
Binomial name
Michauxia campanuloides L'Hér. ex Aiton
Synonyms [2]
Mindium rhazisJuss. Mindium spicatumJ.F.Gmel. Michauxia strigosaPers. Mindium campanuloides(L'Hér.) Rech.f. & Schiman-Czeika Michauxia novaJ.F.Gmel. not validly published Campanula lyrifoliaSalisb. Mindium isauricumContandr., Quézel & Pamukç.

Michauxia campanuloides, the rough-leaved michauxia, is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. It is native to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

From rosettes of basal lanceolate and lobed leaves arise flowering stems up to 2 m high, branched towards the top carrying many drooping flowers of white, tinged with purple, with 8-10 long narrow reflexed lobes and long-projecting style. Flowers April–July. ^[4]

Habitat

Stony and rocky places.

Gallery

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  Seeds

References

1. Botanical Magazine -VOLUME-7 plate 219, 1793
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
4. Flowers of Greece and the Aegean, Anthony Huxley and William Taylor, CHATTO & WINDUS, London 1977, ISBN   0 7011 2228 5

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

External links

• Michauxia campanuloides photo