English > bellflower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers. |
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| Synonym | campanula |
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| Member of | genus Campanula | large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms |
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| Narrower | Canterbury bell, cup and saucer, Campanula medium | European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers |
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| chimney plant, chimney bellflower, Campanula pyramidalis | bellflower of southeastern Europe |
| clustered bellflower, Campanula glomerata | bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers |
| creeping bellflower, Campanula rapunculoides | Erect European herb with creeping rootstocks / rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers |
| harebell, bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia | perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers |
| marsh bellflower, Campanula aparinoides | bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers |
| peach bells, peach bell, willow bell, Campanula persicifolia | perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers |
| rampion, rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus | bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad |
| southern harebell, Campanula divaricata | bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers |
| tall bellflower, Campanula americana | annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers |
| throatwort, nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium | European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat |
| tussock bellflower, spreading bellflower, Campanula carpatica | European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps / clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | campanilla, campánula |
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| Catalan | campanula |
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