Campanula persicifolia
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Campanula persicifolia, Linn. Fig. 765. Perennial, 2-3 ft.: st. erect: lvs. glabrous, rigid, crenulate; root-lvs. lanceolate- obovate; st.-lvs. linear-lanceolate or spatulate, of ten 3 in. long: calyx-lobes acuminate, wide at the base, entire, half as long as the broadly bell-shaped corolla: fls. blue or white. pedicelled, solitary, terminal and axillary, often 1½ in. long, 2 in. broad: caps, ovoid, 3-grooved. Eu. B.M. 397. G.C. III. 43:384. Gn. 75, p. 30. G. 6:297. Gn. M. 14:9. G.W. 3, p. 292. C.L.A. 13:478; the white form in G. 13:71 and Gn. W. 23:Suppl. Jan. 27; the double white in G.C. III. 27:409 and G. 3:563. One of the best of all perennial campanulas. Var. macrantha is a large-fld. form with fls. all along the st. Gt.44, p. 148. Gn.48, p. 306. A.F. 6:383. S.H. 1:131. Var. alba grandiflora and var. Backhousei are among the popular white-fld. forms. There are double and semi-double forms in blue and white. The double white is useful for cutting. For portraits of var. grandiflora, see G. 27:458; 28:553, 673; G.W. 12, p. 433. Var. coronata, Hort., is a semi-double white form. F.S. 7:699. The pictures in B.M. and F.S. show distinctly saucer-shaped fls. Var. Moerheimei, Hort. White-fld., double, 2-3 in.diam.: excellent. G.C. III. 27:414. G.M. 49:535. G.W. 6, p. 545; 12, p. 434. A.G. 23:497. Var. marginata, Hort., has white fls. tinted blue on the borders. R.B. 32, p. 252. This species occasionally runs wild, especially in England. The lvs. are very characteristic, and, once seen, are never forgotten. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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