Harebell- Campanula rotundifolia
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin (5/22/21).
Harebell - Campanula rotundifolia
Harebell is a native plant that prefers full to partial sun with dry to moderate moisture such as meadows, cliffs, beaches and woods.
Harebell grow 4"-20" tall. Its stem leaves are narrow and grass like, but the basal leaves are rather round.
The papery flowers usually have five (occasionally 4, 6 or 7) pale to mid violet-blue petals fused together into a bell shape, about 3/4" – 1 1/4" long.
Harebell bloom late May - October.
Other names: Bluebell, Bluebell bellflower.
Harebell look similar to native Creeping Bellflowers (Campanula rapunculoides), an introduced garden escapee that is invasive.
For more information on Harebell, visit Wikipedia.
Or, for information on Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia ) visit the Wisconsin State Herbarium.
Or, visit the U.S. Forest Serice website page on Harebell (Plant of the Week).
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on May 25, 2021.
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on June 22, 2021.
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on May 26, 2021.
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on May 29, 2021.
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on May 31, 2021.
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on June 15, 2021.
Above: Harebell in UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin on June 2, 2021.
Above: Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) specimen collected in Grant County on October 7, 1973.
Above: Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) specimen collected by Castle Rock on August 12, 1878.
Above: 1916 Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) illustration by Mary Vaux Walcott. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist.
