| Campanulaceae |
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Campanula collina SIMS |
 Campanula collina SIMS |
Campanula L. |
| C. collina Sims in Bot. Mag. 24: t. 927 (1806). Syn: C. collina Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Cauc. 1:152 (1808). Ic: Fl. URSS 24: t. 12 f. 1 (1957). Perennial with ± creeping rhizome. Stem ascending-erect, arcuate at base, 15-35(-40) cm, simple, sparingly pilose at base, glabrescent toward apex, 1 to few-flowered. Basal and lower cauline leaves broadly lanceolate or ovate-oblong, 3-6x1-2 cm, acuminate, rarely obtuse, petiolate, regularly crenate, slightly pilose or subglabrous, petiole to 10 cm; upper leaves gradually reduced into oblong-linear, sessile bracts. Flowers usually secund, ± nodding, with pedicels of various lengths, in a lax spike-like inflorescence. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, 5-10 mm, erecto-patent, pilose to ± glabrous, longer than conical, retrorsely adpressed-hispid to glabrous ovary ¼ to |⅓ as long as corolla. Corolla infundibular, 2-3 cm, divided to⅓-½ into lanceolate, acute, patent lobes, dark purple to blue-violet, glabrous outside, lobes pilose inside. Style included. Stigmas 3. Capsule semiglobose, 6x5 mm. Seeds oblong, flattened, 1.4x1 mm, light brown. Fl. 6-8. Pastures, rocky slopes, 1645-3050 m. Described from cultivated material grown from seeds collected in the Caucasus by Mussin-Pushkin. N.E. Anatolia. A7 Trabzon: Sumila (Sumelas), Sint. 1889:1651! Giresun: 3 km S.E. of Kümbet, 1700 m, Sorger 69-27-12! Gümüşane/Trabzon: Zigana pass, 1990-2020 m, Buttler 14316! A8 Trabzon: N. slope of Soğanli Da. above Çaykara, 2000-2200 m, D. 32189! Rize: Vastar Y, Kardaş, 2440 m, Balls 1958! Çoruh: Şavval Tepe above Murgul, 2600 m, D. 32299! A9 Kars: Ardahan, 1800 m, D. 30429! Caucasia. Euxine element. Very variable in habit, form of leaves, hairiness of calyx, and flower size. Some variants or local distributed races from Transcaucasia have been given specific rank (C. annae Kolak., C. schistosa Kolak.). The whole group is in need of revision. Sect. Symphyandriformes (Fomin) Charadze. Stems numerous, developing from woody thick branched rhizome. Basal leaves ovate-cordate, long-petiolate, dentate. Calyx lobes triangular, broadly lanceolate or ovate, appendages ±developed. Anthers nearly always partly connate in younger flowers. Capsule opening by 3 basal pores. |