Kentucky Plant Atlas




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Campanulaceae Campanula rapunculoides
Campanula rapunculoides L.
ALI: EU HAB: n/a, n/a, n/a, 4 ABU: n/a, n/a, 0
This rhizomatous polyploid (2n = 102) is a weed that is locally naturalized across northern states and adjacent Canada, especially in mowed areas, but it remains rare to absent in southeastern states (K, W). In Ky. it is known from a 1903 coll. from FAYE by M. Didlake (KY-Agr., BEREA), but with no details of habitat--possibly cultivated, There are also 1978 colls. by R. Cranfill and M. Grayum from the Univ. of Ky. campus in FAYE. And there are colls. from MADI made in 1925, 1998 and 2010 (BEREA). The species is edible and it has been cultivated in Europe.