18/52 Harebell Flower
Latin name: "Campanula rotundifolia"
Irish name: Méaracán gorm
(Often called "Bluebell" in Scotland)
"Campanula rotundifolia" is a perennial species of flowering plant, a slender, prostrate to erect herb, spreading by seed and rhizomes. The basal leaves are long-stalked, rounded to heart-shaped, usually slightly toothed. Leaves on the flowering stems are long and narrow and the upper ones are unstemmed.
In Ireland the Harebell usually flowers from July to September. The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme, with 1 – many flowers borne on very slender pedicels. The flowers usually have five (occasionally 4, 6 or 7) pale to mid violet-blue petals fused together into a bell shape, about 12–30 mm (0.5–1.2 in) long and five long, pointed green sepals behind them. Plants with pale pink or white flowers may also occur. The petal lobes are triangular and curve outwards. The seeds are produced in a capsule about 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) diameter and are released by pores at the base of the capsule. Seedlings are minute, but established plants can compete with tall grass.
18/52 Harebell Flower
Latin name: "Campanula rotundifolia"
Irish name: Méaracán gorm
(Often called "Bluebell" in Scotland)
"Campanula rotundifolia" is a perennial species of flowering plant, a slender, prostrate to erect herb, spreading by seed and rhizomes. The basal leaves are long-stalked, rounded to heart-shaped, usually slightly toothed. Leaves on the flowering stems are long and narrow and the upper ones are unstemmed.
In Ireland the Harebell usually flowers from July to September. The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme, with 1 – many flowers borne on very slender pedicels. The flowers usually have five (occasionally 4, 6 or 7) pale to mid violet-blue petals fused together into a bell shape, about 12–30 mm (0.5–1.2 in) long and five long, pointed green sepals behind them. Plants with pale pink or white flowers may also occur. The petal lobes are triangular and curve outwards. The seeds are produced in a capsule about 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) diameter and are released by pores at the base of the capsule. Seedlings are minute, but established plants can compete with tall grass.