Michauxia campanuloides explained

Michauxia campanuloides, the rough-leaved michauxia, is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. It is native to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine.^{[1] [2]}

Description

From rosettes of basal lanceolate and lobed leaves arise flowering stems up to 2 m high, branched towards the top carrying many drooping flowers of white, tinged with purple, with 8-10 long narrow reflexed lobes and long-projecting style. Flowers April–July.^[3]

Habitat

Stony and rocky places.

References

• Book: Pink, A. . Gardening for the Million. 2004 . Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

External links

• Michauxia campanuloides photo

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=354382 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
3. Flowers of Greece and the Aegean, Anthony Huxley and William Taylor, CHATTO & WINDUS, London 1977,