Harebell
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Campanula rotondifolia
Common & widespread throughout the country.
The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme, with one to many flowers borne on very slender pedicels.
The flowers usually have five (occasionally 4, 6 or 7) pale to mid violet-blue petals fused together into a bell shape, about 12–30 mm (15⁄32–1+3⁄16 in) long and five long, pointed green sepals behind them. Plants with pale pink or white flowers may also occur.
The petal lobes are triangular and curve outwards.
The seeds are produced in a capsule about 3–4 mm (1⁄8–5⁄32 in) diameter and are released by pores at the base of the capsule.
In the British Isles, harebell flowers from July to November.
The flowers are pollinated by Bees, but can self-pollinate.