Creeping bellflower

Campanula rapunculoides

WA monitor Campanulaceae

Data Maturity Baseline

Washington State Classification

Monitor List

This plant is on the monitor list - it is not a listed noxious weed in Washington.

Quick Reference

Type

annual herb

Origin

Europe and temperate parts of Asia

Identification

Growth Habit

This spreading, annual plant's flowering stems can get over 30 inches tall

Leaves

The basal leaves are narrow, hairy, with pointed tips, heart-shaped rounded bases, and the edges are serrated. The leaves get smaller and more like thin triangles the further up the flowering stem they are, untill they disappear completely.

Flowers

The blue-purple, 5-petaled, bell-shaped flowers droop along the entire length of the flowering stem, facing downward.

Impact

This plant is on the monitor list - it is not a listed noxious weed in Washington. Please contact its sponsor Jason Ontjes at jasono@sanjuanco.com to report locations or for more information.

Ecology & Spread

Habitat

It can survive in a variety of habitats, from full shade to sun, in wetlands and dry uplands, in disturbed habitats as well as intact ones.

Spread Mechanisms

seed vegetative fragments

Reproduction

Spreads fast by rhizome as well as by seed

Regional Notes — Puget Sound