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Campanula alliariifolia is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It is native to the Caucasus and Turkey and it is grown as an ornamental plant. Common names include Cornish bellflower. [1] It is a vigorous, clump-forming perennial with heart-shaped, toothed, gray hairy basal leaves that are 3 inches long.
Campanula piperi (Olympic bellflower, [1] [2] [3] Olympic harebell, [4] Piper's bellflower [5]) is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. It is native to the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. [4] It has also been noted on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. [3]
Campanula (/ k æ m ˈ p æ nj ʊ l ə /) [4] is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family of flowering plants. Campanula are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".
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The family Campanulaceae (also bellflower family), of the order Asterales, contains nearly 2400 species in 84 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky sap. [2] Among them are several familiar garden plants belonging to the genera Campanula (bellflower), Lobelia , and Platycodon (balloonflower).
Campanula rapunculus, common name rampion bellflower, [1] rampion, rover bellflower, or rapunzel, is a species of bellflower (Campanula) in the family Campanulaceae. [ 2 ] This species was once widely grown in Europe for its leaves, which were used like spinach , and its parsnip -like root, which was used like a radish . [ 3 ]
John G. Adolfi (1888–1933), director, actor and screenwriter of Warner Bros. films [4] Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson (1918–2005), businesswoman, philanthropist, wife of Howard F. Ahmanson Sr. [5] Howard F. Ahmanson Sr. (1906–1968), financier, philanthropist [6] Leonora Ainsworth (1871–1939), screenwriter in silent era
Lapageria is a genus of flowering plants with only one known species, Lapageria rosea, commonly known as Chilean bellflower or copihue (co‑pee‑wueh, from Mapudungun kopiwe). [2] Lapageria rosea is endemic to Chile and it is the national flower of this country.