Campanulastrum americanum

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Species Distribution Map
Family:CAMPANULACEAE
Species:Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
Common Name:American Bellflower; Tall Bellflower
Habitat:Mesic woods usually in basic soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:American Bellflower is a native herbaceous annual or biennial in the Bellflower family (Campanulaceae). It is native to area of Alabama underlain by limestone such as the Tennessee Valley and the Black Belt Prairie region. It occurs in in moist to dry hardwood forests, along streams, on roadsides, and along the margins of cedar glades and prairies. It is an annual with a tap root. Stems are erect, 2-6 feet in height, green in color, and slightly pubescent. The stems are unbranched or slightly branched from near the base. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate in outline, with serrate margins. The leaves are pubescent along the major veins on the lower side of the leaf. Flowers are produced in a terminal raceme. The calyx is divided into 5 linear lobes. The dark to light blue corolla is rotate with 5 lobes. The margins of the corolla lobes are undulate. The corolla has a white ring in its center and the style is large, bending downwards then curving up near its tip. The fruit is a capsule. American Bellflower is sometimes available from wildflower nurseries as seed. The plant prefers light shade to partial sun with a moist loamy soil. American Bellflower flowers are visited by many species of insects including the native oligolectic bee Megachile campanulae. This native bee pollinates of a wide array of wildflowers and crops.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyCAMPANULACEAE - Bellflower family
Genus Campanulastrum
Species Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small - American Bellflower; Tall Bellflower

Citation

Citation Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small, Sp. Pl. 1: 164. 1753.
Basionym: Campanula americana L. 1753.
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 221.13). Lectotypified by Brummitt, Taxon 42: 879. 1993.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Campanula americanum Campanula americanum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 164. 1753. Without data (lectotype: LINN 221.13). Lectotypified by Brummitt, Taxon 42: 879. 1993.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton, Clarke, Colbert, Conecuh, Dallas, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2021

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU106281 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3453		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0047162 Autauga 15 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
98		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0009941 Hale 03 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13143		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000038049 Bullock 26 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1081		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106283 Wilcox 17 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
976		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008954 Colbert 7 Aug 1971 Strait, Dan B.
143		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
AUA000008963 Lowndes 9 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1624		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
AMAL00012310 Lowndes 09 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1624		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UNA00026761 Marshall 02 Aug 1956 Thomas, Joab L.
222		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AMAL00018280 Jackson 20 Jul 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4693		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000031996 Clarke 04 Aug 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6140		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
SAMF0005177 Clarke 15 Aug 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5372		 SAMF
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AMAL00006167 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13498		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
ALNHS00003270 Limestone 22 Jun 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1780		 ALNHS
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106278 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18495		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0008321 Jackson 20 Jul 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4693		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106279 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
519		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106280 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3453		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00043152 Dallas 15 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
953		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AUA000008956 Dallas 15 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
953		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0038575 Sumter 10 Sep 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10433		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106270 Jackson 12 Sep 1982 Ray, Michael A.
40		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0018804 Monroe 03 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86347		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000050700 Perry 10 Jul 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10756		 TROY
Campanula americanum Linnaeus
UWAL0008320 Franklin 25 Jun 2008 England, J. Kevin
829		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000003412 Butler 20 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15660		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008955 Conecuh 27 Aug 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2715		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
BRIT67467 Jackson 11 Jun 1972 Kral, Robert
47581		 BRIT
Campanula americanum Linnaeus
JSU106267 Jackson 24 Oct 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
773		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000038082 Jackson 21 Jul 2017 England, J. Kevin
8237		 AUA
Campanula Americana L.
TROY000031901 Wilcox 27 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21483		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008950 Autauga 29 Jul 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6176		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UNA00054297 Blount 11 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1227		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106282 Morgan 05 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3440A		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00072972 Blount 13 Oct 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5697		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106272 Limestone 29 Jun 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18120		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0052160 Bibb 13 Jul 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10770		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000017477 Jackson 20 Jul 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4693		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106259 Etowah 06 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2990		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0001079 Lowndes 27 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21504		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UNA00063561 Madison 03 Jul 2002 Kral, Robert
92799		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AUA000008960 Lauderdale 8 Jul 1970 Moore, Harold D.
233		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UNA00026765 Greene 05 Aug 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2323		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AUA000008962 Lowndes 24 Jul 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14041		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000017332 Madison 3 Jul 2002 Kral, Robert
92799		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106255 Blount 17 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7371		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008958 Jackson 23 Jul 1983 Dodd, J.K.
89		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000017331 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15555		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AMAL00006165 Madison 02 Aug 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
815		 AMAL
Campanula americana L.
UNA00064556 Butler 20 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15660		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106260 Etowah 10 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
569		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106269 Jackson 05 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5770		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00043153 Wilcox 17 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
976		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AUA000008967 Wilcox 17 Jul 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
976		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0046149 Autauga 15 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
97		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106275 Marshall 02 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2514		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0044828 Jackson 13 Jul 2019 England, J. Kevin
10424		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
SAMF0005175 Blount 13 Oct 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5697		 SAMF
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0008322 Lawrence 26 Jun 2005 England, J. Kevin
430		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000003413 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13498		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008953 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15555		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
JSU106274 Madison 11 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6199		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000043934 Madison 8 Oct 2020 Hansen, Curtis J.
7894		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000031825 Lowndes 27 Jul 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21504		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008965 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13498		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UNA00026762 Madison 10 Jul 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
994		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106271 Lawrence 06 Aug 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
3138		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008952 Butler 20 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15660		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000037210 Marengo 12 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3656		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008951 Butler 20 Aug 1970 Moore, Harold D.
785		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UNA00014365 Colbert 02 Jul 1987 Bryson, Charles T.
6343		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106277 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18579		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00022392 Greene 08 Jun 1993 Haynes, Chris G.
s.n.		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
SAMF0005178 Lawrence 02 Aug 2012 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5351		 SAMF
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106266 Jackson 03 Jul 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
969		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0047731 Franklin 25 Jun 2008 England, J. Kevin
828		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000046838 Madison 02 Jul 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8020		 TROY
Campanula americanum Linnaeus
AUA000008957 Jackson 11 Jun 1972 Kral, Robert
47581		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
JSU106257 DeKalb 23 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5219		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0011450 Lawrence 02 Aug 2012 Davenport, L.J.
5351		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
TROY000017039 Lowndes 9 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1624		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000039585 Lauderdale 15 Jul 1919 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000017041 Monroe 13 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18058		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106256 Calhoun 11 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
50954		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008964 Montgomery 3 Aug 1967 Rankin, H.Taylor
 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000017042 Wilcox 7 Aug 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3832		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008959 Jefferson 30 Oct 1977 Tiller, T.
159		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
UNA00060376 Montgomery 31 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13498		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AMAL00019955 Dallas 22 Jul 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-401		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UNA00069337 Jackson 20 Jul 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4693		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106276 Marshall 21 Jul 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2401		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106263 Franklin 17 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3871A		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00026759 Tuscaloosa 28 Jul 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
469		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
SAMF0005179 Clarke 05 Aug 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4425		 SAMF
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00026757 Tuscaloosa 15 Jun 1966 Brooks, Carol J.
157		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106258 DeKalb 23 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5219		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0011168 Marengo 12 Jul 2012 England, J. Kevin
3656		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
TROY000017470 Sumter 23 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4903		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AUA000008966 Russell 8 Jul 1981 Zauner, B.
033		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
TROY000050412 Franklin 25 Jun 2008 England, J. Kevin
828		 TROY
Campanula americanum Linnaeus
JSU106273 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Threlkeld, Steven J.
99		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0047473 Perry 10 Jul 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10756		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0001690 Clarke 04 Aug 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6140		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000017040 Lowndes 24 Jul 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14041		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AMAL00006166 Madison 27 Jul 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
757		 AMAL
Campanula americana L.
AUA000008961 Lowndes 9 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3499		 AUA
Campanulastrum Americanum (L.) Small
JSU106264 Franklin 17 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
39871A		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00026764 Hale 21 Aug 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
69		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AMAL00014021 Wilcox 07 Aug 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3832		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0056754 Madison 17 Jul 2021 England, Kevin J.
12473		 UWAL
Campunulastrum americanum (L.) Small
SAMF0005176 Tuscaloosa 28 Jul 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
469		 SAMF
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AMAL00007698 Lowndes 24 Jul 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14041		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UNA00026756 _ Jul 1874 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106261 Etowah 12 Jul 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0008324 Sumter 23 Sep 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4903		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000014736 Lawrence 26 Jun 2005 England, J. Kevin
430		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU146072 Calhoun 11 Sep 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
979		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0008323 Monroe 17 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18199		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0013693 Madison 02 Jul 2013 Keener, Brian R.
8020		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
TROY000030408 Jackson 27 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
378		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
AMAL00006169 Madison 14 Jul 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
722		 AMAL
Campanula americana L.
UNA00026760 Sumter 31 Jul 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1752		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
JSU106268 Jackson 28 Jul 1975 Whetstone, R. David
5451		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
JSU106265 Franklin 17 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3871A		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UNA00026763 Jackson 05 Jul 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8012		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
SAMF0007102 Bibb 02 Oct 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6768		 SAMF
Campanula americanum Linnaeus
UNA00026758 Tuscaloosa 15 Jun 1966 Brooks, Carol J.
157		 UNA
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
AMAL00016558 Butler 20 Aug 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15660		 AMAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
UWAL0008325 Wilcox 07 Aug 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3832		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small
TROY000048795 Autauga 15 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
97		 TROY
Campanula americanum Linnaeus
JSU106262 Etowah 27 Jun 1967 Clark, Ross C.
s.n.		 JSU
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
UWAL0013950 Bullock 26 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1081		 UWAL
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
TROY000028037 Franklin 25 Jun 2008 England, J. Kevin
829		 TROY
Campanulastrum americanum (Linnaeus) Small
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