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Campanula trachelium L.

nettle-leaved bellflower (Campanulaceae)

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Campanula trachelium has strongly angled stems and flowers with broad, uneven, roughly hairy sepals; it is a more southerly species in the British Isles than Campanula latifolia.

Beckley (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-07-31

 nettle-leaved bellflower / Campanula trachelium: _Campanula trachelium_ has strongly angled stems and flowers with broad, uneven, roughly hairy sepals; it is a more southerly species in the British Isles than _Campanula latifolia_.

The lower leaves of Campanula trachelium are cordate at the base.

Cranham (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2022-07-12

 nettle-leaved bellflower / Campanula trachelium: The lower leaves of _Campanula trachelium_ are cordate at the base.

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