Participant Info

Species

Campanula rotundifolia [Campanula petiolata]

Family

Campanulaceae

CommonName

harebell, bluebell bellflower, Scottish bluebell

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, La Manga, La Veta, Mosca, North, South, Stunner, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Brown Lakes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, CO Grayback Mt scree slope 6 Aug 2016

Comments

Campanula rotundifolia is the most commonly collected bellfower from the Watershed, east and west, north and south. Generally it thrives at higher elevations than does C. parryi, in high meadows and scree slopes, sometimes in long grass. In the USA its range extends down the Rockies to the Mexican border and across all the northern states. It is native to the USA but also present in the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries. Experts continue to discuss whether the correct name for the USA flower is C. rotundifolia, C. petiolata, or C. rotundifolia var. petiolata.

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