Scientific Name: Campanula trachelium.
English Name: Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Bats-in-the-Belfry or Blue Foxglove.
French Name: La Campanule gantelée (='gloved campanula' - this reference to gloved or gauntleted in the name is very old. You also find ganteline, gantilier, gantelet and gant-de-notre-dame) or Campanule a feuilles d'ortie (='nettle-leaved campanula').
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Woods, hedgerows, thickets, rocky places, on calcareous, neutral or acidic soils.
Flowering Period: May-June-July-August-September.
Status: Widespread and locally common. Can be a conspicuous species of woodland here.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
English Name: Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Bats-in-the-Belfry or Blue Foxglove.
French Name: La Campanule gantelée (='gloved campanula' - this reference to gloved or gauntleted in the name is very old. You also find ganteline, gantilier, gantelet and gant-de-notre-dame) or Campanule a feuilles d'ortie (='nettle-leaved campanula').
5 Key Characters:
- leaves oval-triangular with a strong central rib.
- flowers loosely grouped, with leaves amongst the flowers.
- long bell shaped pale purpley blue flowers.
- erect, 50 - 100 cm.
- stem sharply angled.
Habitat: Woods, hedgerows, thickets, rocky places, on calcareous, neutral or acidic soils.
Flowering Period: May-June-July-August-September.
Status: Widespread and locally common. Can be a conspicuous species of woodland here.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
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