Campanula glomerata




Family Campanulaceae
Subfamily Campanuloideae
Scientific name Campanula glomerata L.
Synonyms Campanula aggregata Willdenow ex Schlechter; Campanula cephalotes Nakai; Campanula congesta Schultes; Campanula glomerata L. subsp. aggregata (Willd. ex Schlechter) Kirschlegger; Campanula glomerata L. subsp. cephalotes (Fischer ex Nakai) D. Y. Hong; Campanula glomerata L. subsp. cephalotes (Fischer ex Nakai) Victorov; Campanula glomerata L. subsp. congesta (Schultes) Schübler & G.Martens; Campanula glomerata L. subsp. speciosa Kirschlegger; Campanula glomerata L. var. acaulis hort.; Campanula glomerata L. var. aggregata (Willdenow ex Schlechter) W. D. J. Koch; Campanula glomerata L. var. congesta (Schultes) Rouy; Campanula glomerata L. var. dahurica Fischer; Campanula speciosa Hornemann; Campanula spicata Borkhausen, non L.; Marianthemum aggregatum Schrank
Common name (Japanese common name) yatsushiro-sou (ヤツシロソウ, 八代草 [meaning: Yatsushiro weed (Yatsushiro = Yatsushiro area in Kumamoto Prefecture)])
(English common name) clustered bellflower, Dane's blood
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (mainly Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Europe, USA
Habitat Mountain
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Plants electing 40-80cm tall. Leaves 5-10cm long. Flowers purple corollas 2-2.5cm long, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Campanula glomerata L.
Pesticides comprising benzophenanthridine alkaloids (US Patent 6277416/2001)
Note Rare species.



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
August 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden