Campanulaceae FAMILY

Campanula medium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Campanula medium is an erect, biennial plant that can grow up to 100cm tall. The plant forms a rosette of leaves in its first year of growth and develops a thick, cylindrical rootstock. In the second year it sends up a stout, much-branched flowering stem.[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and dye. It is much grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthern Europe - France, Italy

HabitatRailway banks in the S.E. and E. Midlands of Britain[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Stony banks amongst calcareous rocks in Europe[ 221 Title Campanulas - their cultivation and classification. Publication Author Crook. H. Clifford. Publisher Country Life Year 1951 ISBN - Description The most comprehensive treatment of the genus yet written (2002). ].