Campanulaceae FAMILY

Campanula versicolor

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Campanula versicolor is a perennial plant growing from a fleshy rootstock that becomes woody with time. It usually overwinters with a basal rosette of leaves, producing an upright flowering stem up to 60cm tall in the summer[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and is often grown as an ornamental in gardens. This species provides some of the nicest salad leaves that we have tried to date, it has an excellent potential as an edible ornamental in the garden, though it is not really suitable for commercial cultivation[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSoutheast Europe - southeast Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece

HabitatRocky places[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ] in the lower wood region[ 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). ].