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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Campanulaceae
Campanula americana L.
American bellflower, tall bellflower
Campanula: Latin campana for "little bell"
americana: for America
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 3'-6' tall forb; stout stems with milky sap |
| Flower: | blue with a pale center ring, 5-parted, 1" wide, wheel-shaped; long, curving, white, protruding style; inflorescence solitary or in a small, mostly stalkless cluster from the leaf axils forming a long, terminal spike; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | capsule |
| Leaf: | thin, stalked, toothed |
| Habitat: | moist; woods, streambanks |
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