Campanula latifolia, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 88

99. C. latifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 165 (1753) .

Perennial. Stem up to 100 cm or more, erect, simple, obtusely angled, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Leaves 7-12x3-6 cm, glabrous, sometimes rather scabrid, irregularly 2-serrate; basal ovate-oblong, cordate, strongly serrate, long-petiolate; lower cauline ovate, shortly petiolate; the upper almost entire, sessile. Flowers axillary, numerous. Calyx-teeth long-acuminate, usually serrate, shorter than the corolla. Corolla 40-55 mm, infundibuliform-campanulate, blue, rarely white, hirsute inside. Capsule ovoid, pendent. 2zz = 34, 34 + 5B. Woods, river-banks and mountain meadows. Most of Europe, but absent from parts of the north, much of the south-west and most of the Mediterranean region. Au Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su [Be Ho].