Campanula lactiflora M.Bieb.
Hardy perennial with toothed oblong leaves and whiteish-blue flowers in terminal panicles. To 1.2m or more. [RHSD, Hortus].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘Plants in a cultivated state frequently lose more or less of their pubescence; so in the present instance while the stem remained hispid, the leaves and the calyxes shewed very little hairiness, the former were rough on the under surface, but not hairy; the latter smooth, except towards the inner points of the segments, unevenly serrulate: serratures glandular and red-coloured. Flowers in a close panicle, white. M. Marschall von Bieberstein remarks, that the flowers are white or of a very dilute blue colour: this excellent botanist collected it in the pastures about Wladi-Kawkas castle, in the mount Kaischaur, one of the Caucasean alps, and first described the species. A hardy perennial of considerable beauty. […] The plant from which our drawing was taken, was communicated by Messrs. Loddiges and Sons, nearly three years ago, in July 1815.’ [BM t.1973/1818].
History at Camden Park
Seed order to Hurst and McMullen, Seedsmen and Florists of London, on 8th April 1846. [MP A2933-1, p.132].
Notes
Published Sep 29, 2009 - 04:37 PM | Last updated Jul 16, 2010 - 10:45 AM
Campanula lactiflora M.Bieb. | BM t.1973/1818 | BHL
| Family | Campanulaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Siberia to Caucasus |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record | Campanula lactiflora |
| Confidence level | high |