Wahlenbergia hederacea
| Wahlenbergia hederacea | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Wahlenbergia |
| Species: | W. hederacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb. | |
Wahlenbergia hederacea, known as ivy-leaved bellflower,[1] is a delicate, creeping, patch-forming, hairless perennial herb; with stems to 20 cm, weak thread-like; leaves all long-stalked, rounded, palmately-lobed, rather ivy-shaped, pale green, 5–12 mm long and wide, bases cordate; flowers on fine stalks, 1–4 cm long, in leaf-axils, erect or inclined; calyx-teeth narrow, 2–3 mm long, longer than ovary; corolla bell-shaped with 5 short lobes, pale sky- blue, 6–10 mm long x 5–8 mm wide.[2]
Habitat
Moist tracks in woods, boggy moorland rivulets.
Distribution
Southern England, Kent to Cornwall, North West England, Wales, Western Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, North West Germany, Spain, Portugal.
Gallery
References
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ The Wild Flower Key, British Isles N.W. Europe, Francis Rose, WARNE, Published by the Penguin Group, 1991 reissue, ISBN 0-7232-2419-6
External links
Media related to Wahlenbergia hederacea at Wikimedia Commons
- "Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- "British Wild Plant: Wahlenbergia hederacea Ivy-leaved Bellflower". ukwildflowers.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- "iNaturalist.org · Ivy-leaved Bellflower (Wahlenbergia hederacea)". inaturalist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- Guy Colling (7 April 2011). "Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg" (PDF). ISSN 1682-5519. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- "Wahlenbergia hederacea | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora". brc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-06.