Campanula uniflora

Campanula uniflora, known commonly as arctic bellflower and arctic harebell,[1] is a short and slender rhizomatous perennial in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It is distributed in arctic North America, including the Rocky Mountains and Greenland, in the Asian part of Beringia and in Iceland, Svalbard, the Scandes Mountains and Novaja Zemlja.

Campanula uniflora
In Upernavik, Greenland

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Campanula
Species:
C. uniflora
Binomial name
Campanula uniflora

The species was first discovered by Linnaeus on his 1732 expedition to Lapland and described in his Flora Lapponica (1737).[2]

In Iceland, Campanula uniflora is a host of the common pathogenic fungus Pleospora herbarum.[3]

References
  1. NatureServe (2023). "Campanula parryi". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. "Den virtuella floran - Fjällklocka" (in Swedish). Swedish Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  3. Helgi Hallgrímsson & Guðríður Gyða Eyjólfsdóttir (2004). Íslenskt sveppatal I - smásveppir [Checklist of Icelandic Fungi I - Microfungi. Fjölrit Náttúrufræðistofnunar. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History]. ISSN 1027-832X
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