Campanula latifolia, SE: Hässleklocka, DE: Breitblättrige Glockenblume,
NL: Breed klokje, UK: Giant bellflower, Large campanula, Wide-leaved bellflower

Scientific name:  Campanula latifolia L.
Swedish name:  Hässleklocka
German name:  Breitblättrige Glockenblume
Nederlandse naam:  Breed klokje
English name:   Giant bellflower, Large campanula, Wide-leaved bellflower
Family:  Campanulaceae, Bellflower family, Klockväxter

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Life form:  Perennial
Stems:  Height 60-120cm, unbranched, erect and shortly pubescent
Leaves:  Alternate, lanceolate, dentate, petiolate
Flowers:  Many-flowered terminal raceme, bell-shaped, corolla pubescent with five dark violet-blue fused petals
Flowering Period:  July- August
Fruits:  Hairy, nodding capsule
Habitat:  Groves, cultivated land
Distribution:  Southern Sweden up to Uppland, also found farther north

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Derivation of the botanical name:
Campanula is diminutive of Late Latin campāna, bell (New Latin: a little bell).
latifolia, latus,"broad", and folius, "leaf"; hence, "broad leaf."
  • The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.

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