Campanula benthamii
Campanula benthamii
MH368 : Campanula benthamii Wall. ex Kitam
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 32 |
| Synonym | : | Campanula dimorphantha Schweinf.;
Campanula canescens Wall. ex A. DC.;
Cephalostigma spathulatum Thwaites; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Two-Form Bellflower |
| Plant Family | : | Campanulaceae |
| Description | : | Annual up to 40 cm tall, densely hirsute. Stems 1 or more from the base. Radical leaves lanceolate to oblong, up to 3 cm long, hirsute, base narrowed into a petiole, margin serrate to crenate. Cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate, hirsute, apex acute, margin entire to crenate. Flowers numerous at the top of the stem in clustered panicles, dimorphic, larger flowers complete, smaller without petals and stamens. Calyx hirsute with triangular segments. Corolla hairy outside, as long as or longer than the calyx, light purple. Capsule rounded. Seeds minute, oblong, c. 3 mm long. Fl. Per.: April. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along Kukaroo road |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242310323
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Two_Form%20Bellflower.html
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew_364080 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Campanulales |
| Family | : Campanulaceae - Bellflower famil |
| Genus | : Campanula L. - bellflower |
| Species | : Campanula benthamii |