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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Campanulaceae
Campanula rapunculoides L.
creeping bellflower, European bellflower, rover bellflower
Campanula: Latin campana for "little bell"
rapunculoides: like Rapunculus, now obsolete name for a group of bellflowers, meaning "little turnip" referring to the roots
Restricted Invasive - Eradicate!
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb, mostly unbranched, often in dense patches; stems smooth or with a few hairs; rhizomes with many, fleshy, vertical roots |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, bell-shape; inflorescence an unbranched, one-sided cluster (raceme) with short-stalked, slightly nodding flowers; blooms June-Oct. |
| Leaf: | coarse with fine, irregular teeth; lower leaves long-stalked, upper to mostly stalkless |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas, lawns, roadsides |
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