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Campanula scutellata

Shield Bellflower

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Common names

Shield Bellflower

Scientific name

Campanula scutellata L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Campanula scutellata is a annual hispid herbaceous plant, growing from 10 to 30 cm in height.

Stem dichotomously branched above or from the base.

Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, subacute, cuneate at the base, sessile; upper cauline similar but distinctly smaller.

Inflorescence lax, cymose.

Flowers with rather short, patent pedicels.

Corolla 15-25 mm, almost rotate, lilac-blue, twice as long as calyx.

Calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate-acuminate, patent, much longer than the ovary.

Capsule obconical, with persistent, widened and elongated stellate-patent calyx-teeth at apex.

Flowering May-July^{1, 2}.

Habitat

In dry grassy and rocky places, in bushes and meadows, on shallow, poorly developed soils, most often with a silicate rock substrate, in the plains, foothills and mountains, more often in the xerothermic oak belt in communities of Quercus cerris, Quercus pubescens, Carpinus orientalis, Paliurus spina-christi, Juniperus oxycedrus and others³. We found it in a community of Juniperus excelsa Juniperus excelsa⁴.

Distribution in Bulgaria

Map of distribution in Bulgaria of Campanula scutellata by floristic regions (in green)⁵:

General distribution

Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia - Balkan endemic⁶.

Map of general distribution (in green)⁷:

Uses

Honey-bearing⁷ and ornamental⁸ plant.

References

1 Andrey A. Fedorov and M. Kovanda. 1976. Campanula L. – In: Tutin, T. G. & al. (eds), Flora Europaea. Vol. 4. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.

2 Kovanda М. & М. Анчев. 2012. В: Флора на Република България. Том XI. Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“. София.

3 Kovanda М. & М. Анчев. 2012. В: Флора на Република България. Том XI. Академично издателство „Проф. Марин Дринов“. София.

4 K. Metodiev - observation from June 12, 2025 in the Tisata reserve.

5 Стоянов К., Райчева Цв. & Чешмеджиев И. 2022. Определител на местни и чужди растения в България. Академично издателство на Аграрния университет, Пловдив. ISBN 978-954-517-313-4 www.botanica.gallery [публикуван на 25.06.2022, последна актуализация 01.07.2025] - CC-BY-NC-4.0.

6 Castroviejo, S., Aldasoro, J. J. & Alarcón, M.; with contributions from Hand, R. (2010+): Campanulaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity..

7 Castroviejo, S., Aldasoro, J. J. & Alarcón, M.; with contributions from Hand, R. (2010+): Campanulaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity..

8 Стоянов К., Райчева Цв. & Чешмеджиев И. 2022. Определител на местни и чужди растения в България. Академично издателство на Аграрния университет, Пловдив. ISBN 978-954-517-313-4 www.botanica.gallery [публикуван на 25.06.2022, последна актуализация 01.07.2025] - CC-BY-NC-4.0.

9 K. Metodiev - observation from June 12, 2025 in the Tisata reserve.

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