Creeping Bellflower, Rover bellflower
Campanula rapunculoides
Family: Campanulaceae
What it is like
A plant which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30-60 cm tall. It forms large patches. The leaves have teeth along the edge. The flower stems are tall. The flowers are nodding and bell shaped. They are blue or violet. They are 20-30 mm long.
There are about 300 Campanula species.
Where it is found
It grows in temperate places. It is often in woodland and rocky places. Melbourne Botanical gardens. It suits hardiness zones 4-9. Tasmania Herbarium.
Countries/locations it is found in
Asia, Australia, Balkans, Bosnia, Britain, Canada, Caucasus, Central Asia, Czech Republic, Europe, Georgia, Luxembourg, Mediterranean, North America, Norway, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye, USA
How it is used for food
The fleshy underground branches can be chopped and added to soups or boiled. The young shoots are cooked as a vegetable and used as a potherb.
Edible parts
Leaves, root, flowers, stem
How it is grown
Its other names
Local names
Bluebell bellflower, çançiçeği, Elmacik, Machit'a, Michingt'arai, Rampion bellflower, Repuščevolistna zvončica, Repusica, Ugrassklokke, Zvonek repkovity