ivy-leaved bellflower

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Also known as: Wahlenbergia hederacea

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The ivy-leaved bellflower, scientifically known as Wahlenbergia hederacea, is a delicate, hairless, creeping plant native to Europe. It is characterized by its small, pale-blue, veined, bell-shaped flowers and petioled, suborbicular to cordate leaves. This plant thrives in damp, acidic, peaty areas, particularly in western Europe. It belongs to the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, and is part of the genus Wahlenbergia, which includes about 260 species of annual and perennial herbs. Sometimes, species from the genus Edraianthus are also included within Wahlenbergia.12

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The ivy-leaved bellflower (W. hederacea), a European annual, has delicate, hairless, creeping stems and small, pale-blue, veined, bell-shaped flowers. W. marginata, a hairy, erect perennial from East Asia, now is naturalized in southern North America; it is about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, with blue or…
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The ivy-leaved bellflower (W. hederacea), a European annual, has delicate, hairless, creeping stems and small, pale-blue, veined, bell-shaped flowers. W. marginata, a hairy, erect perennial from East Asia, now is naturalized in southern North America; it is about 45 cm (18 inches) tall, with blue or…
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