fairy thimbles

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Also known as: Campanula cochleariifolia

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"Fairy thimbles" is a plural noun that refers to the blossoms of the foxglove plant. The term "thimbleflower" can also refer to a foxglove, as well as other plants like self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) or a type of gilia (Gilia capitata) with lavender-blue flowers.12

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Fairy thimbles (C. cochleariifolia), named for its deep nodding blue to white bells, forms loosely open mats on alpine screes. Bethlehem stars (C. isophylla), a trailing Italian species often grown as a pot plant, bears sprays of star-shaped violet, blue, or white flowers. Canterbury bell…
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Fairy thimbles (C. cochleariifolia), named for its deep nodding blue to white bells, forms loosely open mats on alpine screes. Bethlehem stars (C. isophylla), a trailing Italian species often grown as a pot plant, bears sprays of star-shaped violet, blue, or white flowers. Canterbury bell…
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