English > campanula: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers. |
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Synonym | bellflower |
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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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