CAMPANULA LATIFOLIA

Campanula Latifolia is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows to a height of between 60 and 120 centimeters (24 to 47 inches). The stem is unbranched, erect and shortly pubescent, basal leaves are stalked, broadly ovate with a heart-shaped base (cordat), while the upper leaves are ovate-lanceolate, stalkless, softly hairy with margins sharply dented. The inflorescence is a multi-flowered terminal raceme or has subtending bracts in the axils of the upper leaves. The flowers are androgynous, bell-shaped, first upright but later nodding and 35 to 60 mm in length. The calyx is fused, gradually spreading, with five small lobes. Of five deep violet-blue fused petals, the corolla is pubescent. There are five stamens and three fused carpels forming a pistil. The fruit is a nodding capsule that is hairy. The time of flowering is from July to September.

Campanula Latifolia is a 0.5 to 2 m tall perennial herb. Latifolia means large bellflower in Campanula latifolia. In the wild Himalayas, it can be found. It is a beautiful and elegant plant with bell-shaped dark blue flowers. Stem leaves are almost stalkless and there is a toothed margin between leaves. Wide Bellflowers at altitudes of 2100-3600 m and shrubberies found in and forests.In Valley of flowers you can easily find this flower, if you visit in its peak flowering season, i.e. mid-July to mid-August. It shows a bluish hue of the Valley of flowers.

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Location in the valley of flowers: On the way to Hemkund Sahib
Flowering season: June to July