| Rough-leaved michauxia | |
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| 1793 illustration | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Michauxia |
| Species: | M. campanuloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Michauxia campanuloides L'Hér. ex Aiton | |
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Michauxia campanuloides, the rough-leaved michauxia, is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. It is native to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine.
Description
From rosettes of basal lanceolate and lobed leaves arise flowering stems up to 2 m high, branched towards the top carrying many drooping flowers of white, tinged with purple, with 8-10 long narrow reflexed lobes and long-projecting style. Flowers April–July.
Habitat
Stony and rocky places.
Gallery
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Seeds
References
- Botanical Magazine -VOLUME-7 plate 219, 1793
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Flowers of Greece and the Aegean, Anthony Huxley and William Taylor, CHATTO & WINDUS, London 1977, ISBN 0 7011 2228 5
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
External links
- Michauxia campanuloides photo
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| Michauxia campanuloides |
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