286 BLUE AND PURPLE 



1. BELLFLOWER: Rampion, European, or 

 Creeping Bellflower. Campanula rapunculoides. 



Bluebell Family. July — Aug. 



A sturdy plant 1-3 feet high, found along 

 roadsides and in waste places. New Bruns- 

 wick to Ontario, Pennsylvania and Ohio. 

 Introduced from Europe and Asia. Escaped 

 from gardens. 

 Flowers — Purple-blue, bell-shaped, 5-lobed, hang- 

 ing down mostly on one side of the 

 stem. 

 Leaves — Lower leaves arrowhead-shaped, with a 

 heart-shaped base; upper leaves broad 

 lance-shaped, short-stemmed, toothed. 



2. HAREBELL; BLUEBELL: Bluebells of 

 Scotland: Lady's Thimble. 



Campanula rotundifolia. 

 I Bluebell Family. June — Sept. 



Found on dry or moist rocky cliffs, in mead- 

 ows, along margins of ponds. Arctic regions 

 south to New Jersey and westward. 

 Flowers — Violet-blue, bell-shaped, 5-lobed, termi- 

 nating exquisitely slender stalks 6-18 

 inches high. 

 Leaves — Lower leaves nearly round, usually 

 withered before flowering time; stem 

 leaves narrow, seated on stem. 



