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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Claire Cockcroft on June 12, 2023, 05:54:34 PM
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This plant was grown from Betty Lowry's seed bank. It looks like a campanula to me, but I've never seen "furry" leaves like these. (Sorry the image is so poor. I should have taken a picture of the rosette last year!) It made it through two winters before flowering for the first time this spring. Any ideas?
...Claire
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Very large calyx should tell us something - but what!!
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If it's not the extremely variable Campanula pallida I'm tempted to suggest Symphyandra...
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The flower is about 2 cm long.
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Since the leaves were fuzzy, I figured it might come from Greece or other hot environs. Could it be Campanula rupestris?
...Claire
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Claire,
It looks like C. zangezura offered by Annies annuals. You can look and compare.
Marc
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Since the leaves were fuzzy, I figured it might come from Greece or other hot environs. Could it be Campanula rupestris?
...Claire
Could be - this link shows it well.... http://www.stridvall.se/flowers/gallery/Campanulaceae/338_03
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Maggi,
Both C. rupestris and C. alpestris are deep violet or purple, with no medial vein on the petals. Claire's query is pale blue with a darker medial vein or stripe.
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Looking into my records, I see that Campanula andrewsii ssp. andrewsii and C. andrewsii ssp. hirsutula are listed in Betty Lowry's seed bank. Would either fit this plant? The tomentose leaves match pictures on-line.
The source was NS 596 and NS 619, from 1991. (Northside Crete/Greece Collections)
Seed sown 2019
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Claire,
Both ssp are pubescent and both have the medial band. ssp hirsutula is closer in color. Ssp andrewsii is more pink, as is the basic specie.
Marc