We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: Campanula lyrata ?  (Read 709 times)

PaulM

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 268
  • Country: se
Campanula lyrata ?
« on: June 24, 2014, 01:56:57 PM »
I collected seeds of this Campanula in Turkey ( close to Püren pass, Aladaglar Mts.) in 2003 and raised it from seed in 2009. It has taken 5 years to reach flowering, which is a considerable time being a Campanula, or even a Michauxia which I thought it were when I collected it. It was very short ( ~30cm ) and I thought this was due to it growing in a very exposed site in a vertical rock crack, but when it has flowered for me now it is still around 30cm. The plant is semi-decumbent and both flowers and leaves remind me of Campanula lyrata which I have grown extensively. I wonder if this can be a close ally to C.lyrata or just a variation of the species which is more upright. I have taken lots of pictures of it and show many of them here to simplify identification...if possible without pressed material.
Paul M. Olsson
Norrkoping
Sweden

PaulM

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 268
  • Country: se
Re: Campanula lyrata ?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2014, 01:57:52 PM »
A few more pics
Paul M. Olsson
Norrkoping
Sweden

reifuan

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 63
  • Country: nl
Re: Campanula lyrata ?
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2014, 01:46:25 PM »
I think it's Campanula topaliana. Apparently there are several subspecies, though I can't tell them apart

PaulM

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 268
  • Country: se
Re: Campanula lyrata ?
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2014, 09:20:39 AM »
Yes reifuan there certainly are similarities. I happen to grow C. topaliana as well, it has still not flowered for me, but if I compare the rosettes they look different. As you say it might be a subspecies of some kind.
Paul M. Olsson
Norrkoping
Sweden

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal