Campanula chamissonis




Family Campanulaceae
Subfamily Campanuloideae
Scientific name Campanula chamissonis A. Fedorov
Synonyms Campanula altaica A. de Candolle; Campanula chamissonis A. Fedorov forma albiflora (Miyabe & Tatewaki) T. Shimizu; Campanula dasyantha auct. non Marschall von Bieberstein; Campanula dasyantha Marschall von Bieberstein var. chamissonis (A. Fedorov) Toyokawa & S. Nosaka
Common name (Japanese common name) chishima-gikyou (チシマギキョウ, 千島桔梗 [meaning: Kuril Islands bellflower])
(English common name) hairyflower bellflower
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) Russia, USA (Alaska)
Habitat Alpine rocks
Chromosomal number 2n=34
Description Plants 5-13cm tall. Leaves 1.5-9cm long, 4-15mm wide. Flowers blue or white (forma albiflora) corollas 3-3.5cm long, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants.
Reference  Campanula chamissonis Fed.
Campanula chamissonis Fedorov



Photo by Madame Popow
August 2006
at Mt. Kashima-yarigatake