Campanula strigosa, Bellflower,
زهرة الجرس ,פעמונית זיפנית
 
Scientific name:  Campanula strigosa Banks et Solander
Common name:  Bellflower
Hebrew name:  פעמונית זיפנית
Arabic name:   زهرة الجرس
Family:  Campanulaceae, פעמוניתיים

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Date Picture Taken: April 27, 2007

 
Life form:  Annual
Leaves:  Alternate
Flowers:  Purple, white
Flowering Period:  March, April, May
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:  Med - Irano-Turanian
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Campanula strigosa, Bellflower, زهرة الجرس ,פעמונית זיפנית
Date Picture Taken: April 27, 2007


Derivation of the botanical name:
Campanula, campana campan, "bell" (church); Campanula (bell) shaped.
strigosa, striga, a straight rigid closepressed rather short bristle-like hair; covered with strigae.
  • The standard author abbreviation Banks is used to indicate Joseph Banks (1743–1820), a British naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
  • The standard author abbreviation Solander is used to indicate Daniel Solander (1733–1782), a Swedish botanist.