| Wahlenbergia hederacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Campanulaceae |
| Genus: | Wahlenbergia |
| Species: | W. hederacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Wahlenbergia hederacea (L.) Rchb. | |
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Wahlenbergia hederacea, also known as the ivy-leaved bellflower, is a species of flowering plant that is found throughout Europe. The delicate, patch-forming, hairless perennial herb has thin, creeping stems about 20 cm in length. Its pale green leaves are long-stalked and have an ivy-shaped, rounded structure. These leaves can be described as having a cordate shape and are approximately 5–12 mm long and wide. The plant has erect, solitary, pale blue flowers in summer and autumn, with bell-shaped corolla with 5 short lobes. The flowers are 6–10 mm long x 5–8 mm wide and sit on fine stalks 1–4 cm long. It is suggested that the long pedicels are an adaptation to assist in seed dispersal.
Taxonomy
This species was first formally described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus who gave it the name Campanula hederacea in his Species Plantarum. In 1827, Ludwig Reichenbach transferred the species to Wahlenbergia as W. hederacea in his Iconographia Botanica.
Habitat
Wahlenbergia hederacea is found in cool, moist and boggy, partially-shaded areas, typically with acidic soils, such as woodlands, streams, pastures, heaths and beside rivulets. The plant thrives in short-grassed areas beside streams, with moist, acidic soils, and is almost never found in basic soils and stagnant water. They usually occur in small, scattered groups. The abundance of the ivy-leaved bellflower has been declining throughout the 1900s due to the loss of their habitat.
Distribution
Wahlenbergia hederacea is native to Europe and commonly found in southern England, and Wales, but also in North West England, Western Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Western Germany, Spain, and Portugal.
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References
- ^ "Wahlenbergia hederacea". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- Robinson, William (2009). Hardy Flowers. Applewood Books. p. 261. ISBN 9781429014434.
- ^ Everett, Thomas H. (1982). The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture. Vol. 10. New York Botanical Garden. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 3521. ISBN 9780824072407.
- The Wild Flower Key, British Isles N.W. Europe, Francis Rose, WARNE, Published by the Penguin Group, 1991 reissue, ISBN 0-7232-2419-6
- ^ Eddie, William; Cupido, Christopher (March 2014). "Hesperocodon, a new generic name for Wahlenbergia hederacea (Campanulaceae): phylogeny and capsule dehiscence". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 71 (1): 63–74. doi:10.1017/s0960428613000310.
- "Campanula hederaceae". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum. Berlin: Junk. p. 169. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- Reichenbach, Ludwig (1827). Iconographia Botanica sea Plantae Criticae. Leipzig: Apud Fridericum Hofmeister. p. 47. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ Rix, Martyn (26 February 2004). "Plate 488. Wahlenbergia hederacea". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 21 (1): 61–64. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8748.2004.00413.x.
- "Wahlenbergia hederacea | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora". www.brc.ac.uk.
External links
- "British Wild Plant: Wahlenbergia hederacea Ivy-leaved Bellflower". ukwildflowers.com. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- Guy Colling (7 April 2011). "Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg" (PDF). Ferrantia: Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg. ISSN 1682-5519. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
- "Wahlenbergia hederacea | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora". brc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
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| Wahlenbergia hederacea | |