Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower,Campanula americana, Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

(American Bellflower). A plant somewhat taller than the European Bellflower, growing up to 4 feet high, it has light blue flowers on the spike that can also have small leaves among the lower flowers. The flower petals spread out to a star shape with a pale center ring and in the center of the ring is a long curved white protruding style. The flowers can arise singly or in almost stalkless clusters from the leaf axils, but most flowers are on a terminal spike. Leaves are lance or egg shaped and alternate on the stem. The plant can be either an annual or a biennial. This plant blooms in the Woodland Garden whereas the European Bellflower blooms in the sunny Upland Garden. Martha Crone wrote in The Fringed Gentian™ of July 1955 of "the conspiciousness of the Tall Blue Bellflower, when there is little variety int he woods." She also noted that the plant was unusually good at self-seeding.

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Tall Bellflower	Campanulastrum americananum (L.) Small	Bellflower	Woodland	Late Summer
Other names and notes	(American Bellflower). A plant somewhat taller than the European Bellflower, growing up to 4 feet high, it has light blue flowers on the spike that can also have small leaves among the lower flowers. The flower petals spread out to a star shape with a pale center ring and in the center of the ring is a long curved white protruding style. The flowers can arise singly or in almost stalkless clusters from the leaf axils, but most flowers are on a terminal spike. Leaves are lance or egg shaped and alternate on the stem. The plant can be either an annual or a biennial. This plant blooms in the Woodland Garden whereas the European Bellflower blooms in the sunny Upland Garden. Martha Crone wrote in The Fringed Gentian™ of July 1955 of "the conspiciousness of the Tall Blue Bellflower, when there is little variety int he woods." She also noted that the plant was unusually good at self-seeding.