Campanula americana

American bellflower

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species:
C. americana
Binomial name
Campanula americana
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
  • Campanula acuminata Michx.
  • Campanula asteroides Lam.
  • Campanula declinata Moench
  • Campanula illinoensis Fresen.
  • Campanula nitida Aiton
  • Campanula obliqua Jacq.
  • Campanula pauciflora Lam. ex Steud. 1840 not Desf. 1833
  • Campanula planiflora Lam.
  • Campanula subulata P.Beauv. ex A.DC.
  • Phyteuma americanum Hill
  • Specularia americana (L.) Morgan ex J. James

Campanula americana, the American bellflower, or tall bellflower, is a bellflower native to eastern North America. Tall bellflowers can be annual or biennial with a varying life-history with seeds germinating in the fall producing annual plants and spring-germinating seeds producing biennial plants. Long-tongued bees are the primary pollinators, including Megachile campanulae, but halictid bees, butterflies, and skippers may also act as pollinators. Tall Bellflowers do not generally self-pollinate. Some authorities, including the USDA PLANTS database, consider the name Campanulastrum americanum to be the accepted name for this species.

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