Campanula sulphurea, Yellow Bellflower,
פעמונית גפורה
 
Scientific name:  Campanula sulphurea Boiss.
Common name:   Yellow Bellflower
Hebrew name:  פעמונית גפורה
Family:  Campanulaceae, פעמוניתיים

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Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve; Date Picture Taken: May 2, 2009

 
Life form:  Therophyte, annual
Leaves:  Alternate, entire, smooth
Flowers:  Yellow
Flowering Period:   February, March, April, May
Habitat:   Sand
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:  Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Campanula sulphurea, Yellow Bellflower, פעמונית גפורה
Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve; Date Picture Taken: May 2, 2009


Derivation of the botanical name:
Campanula, campana, campan, "bell" (church); Campanula (bell) shaped, referring to the corolla shape.
sulphurea, Sulphur-yellow.
  • The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.