List of Bellflowers of Montana
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There are at least 15 members of the Bellflower order: Campanulales
found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Family: Campanulaceae
Campanulales
Campanulales is a valid botanic name for a plant order. It was used in the Cronquist system as an order within the subclass Asteridae in the class Magnoliopsida flowering plants...
found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Family: Campanulaceae
Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...
- American Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia
- Arctic HarebellCampanula unifloraThe arctic bellflower is a short and slender rhizomatous perennial in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. It is distributed in arctic North America, including the Rocky Mountains and Greenland, in the Asian part of Beringia and in Iceland, Svalbard, the Scandes Mountains and Novaja Zemlja.The...
, Campanula uniflora - Canterbury Bells, Campanula medium
- Claspingleaf Venus'-looking-glassTriodanis perfoliataTriodanis perfoliata, the Clasping Venus's Looking Glass, is an annual herb native to North America. It is a flowering plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae.- Description :...
, Triodanis perfoliata - Clustered Bellflower, Campanula glomerata
- Common Blue-cupGithopsis specularioidesGithopsis specularioides is a flowering plant known by the common name common bluecup. It is an annual herb which bears very small tubular flowers with white throats and five pointed purple petals. It is found on the west coast of North America from California to British Columbia.-External links:***...
, Githopsis specularioides - Creeping BellflowerCampanula rapunculoidesCampanula rapunculoides, common names Creeping Bellflower or Rampion Bellflower, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.-Etymology:...
, Campanula rapunculoides - Great Basin DowningiaDowningia laetaDowningia laeta is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Great Basin calicoflower. This showy wildflower is native to western North America from California to Saskatchewan, where it is a resident of riverbanks, ponds, and vernal pool ecosystems. This annual...
, Downingia laeta - Kalm's LobeliaLobelia kalmiiLobelia kalmii is a species of flowering plant with a distribution primarily across Canada and the northern United States in temperate and boreal regions...
, Lobelia kalmii - Pale-spiked Lobelia, Lobelia spicata
- Parry's Northern Harebell, Campanula parryi
- Rough HarebellCampanula scabrellaCampanula scabrella is a species of bellflower known by the common name rough bellflower. It is native to the mountains of the western United States, where it grows in talus and other rocky alpine habitat. This is a tough perennial herb growing in a clump from a woody rhizome and rarely exceeding 5...
, Campanula scabrella - Slim-pod Venus'-looking-glass, Triodanis leptocarpa
- Water Howellia, Howellia aquatilis
- Western Pearl-flower, Heterocodon rariflorum