Campanula mollis L.

Species

Family: CAMPANULACEAE

Genus: Campanula

Spanish common name: Campánula cenicienta.

Province distribution: Alacant. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Southwestern Mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: NENot evaluated

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Crevices and fissures of north-facing calcareous rocks.

Characteristics: Perennial herb forming dense tufts. Stems prostrate and hairy, woody at the base. Basal leaves in rosette, petiolate, hairy and rounded; cauline leaves alternate, sessile and smaller. Flowers with bluish, bell-shaped corolla (5-25 mm), arranged in terminal inflorescences. Calyx with lobes bent outward between the teeth. Fruit a capsule that opens through lateral pores.