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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Campanulaceae
Campanula aparinoides Pursh
marsh bellflower
Campanula: Latin campana for "little bell"
aparinoides: like Galium aparine, from its adherent foliage
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | tangling perennial, 6"-36" tall forb; stems weak, somewhat 3-angled, covered with short, hooking bristles |
| Flower: | pale blue to white, 5-parted, 1/4" -1/2" long, funnel-shaped; solitary, long stalked, nodding; blooms June-Aug. |
| Leaf: | thin, often with rough spots on the edges and midvein below |
| Habitat: | wet; meadows, streambanks |
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