IDAHO BELLFLOWER
IDAHO BELLFLOWER
GENESIS NAME: Campanula parryi
DISTRIBUTION: N. Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, and Colorado
SEASON: June to August
MEDICAL USE: The leaves were brewed into a tea for treating coughs and tuberculosis.
POISONOUS: NO
EDIBILITY: The leaves were brewed into a tea for treating coughs and tuberculosis.
FEATURES: bellflowers are known for their deep green foliage that produces tiny clusters of flowers that vary in color from blue to light lavender and have teeth-like petals. These little flowers pop out throughout the entire plant.
LEAVES: The leaves are alternate and often vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin may be either entire or serrated (sometimes both on the same plant). Many species contain white latex in the leaves and stems.
FRUITS: The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds
DISTRIBUTION: N. Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, and Colorado
SEASON: June to August
MEDICAL USE: The leaves were brewed into a tea for treating coughs and tuberculosis.
POISONOUS: NO
EDIBILITY: The leaves were brewed into a tea for treating coughs and tuberculosis.
FEATURES: bellflowers are known for their deep green foliage that produces tiny clusters of flowers that vary in color from blue to light lavender and have teeth-like petals. These little flowers pop out throughout the entire plant.
LEAVES: The leaves are alternate and often vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin may be either entire or serrated (sometimes both on the same plant). Many species contain white latex in the leaves and stems.
FRUITS: The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds
DESCRIPTION:
The flowers are produced in panicles (sometimes solitary), and have a five-lobed corolla, typically large (2–5 cm or more long), mostly blue to purple, sometimes white or pink. Below the corolla, 5 leaf-like sepals form the calyx. Some species have a small additional leaf-like growth termed an "appendage" between each sepal, and the presence or absence, relative size, and attitude of the appendage is often used to distinguish between closely related species.
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