Campanula rotundifolia L.

Japanese: イトシャジン（英語表記）Campanula rotundifolia L.

A perennial herb of the Campanulaceae family that grows in dry grasslands, sand dunes, and rocky areas (illustration). It is widely distributed in Siberia, Central Europe, and North America. It is also an important horticultural plant of the Campanula genus (English name: bluebell). The stem is 15-40 cm tall, the basal leaf stalk is 3-10 cm long, the leaf blade is circular, 0.5-3 cm in diameter, and has several coarse serrations. The cauline leaves are linear, 1-5 cm wide, and not sawtoothed. The flowers are solitary or in a raceme, with several on thread-like pedicels and thread-like calyx lobes, 5-8 mm long, and not sawtoothed.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キキョウ科の多年草で，乾燥した草地や砂丘や岩場などに生える（イラスト）。シベリア，中部ヨーロッパ，北アメリカに広く分布している。カンパニュラ類(英名bluebell)の重要な園芸植物にもなっている。茎は高さ15～40cm，根生葉の柄は長さ3～10cm，葉身は円形で径0.5～3cm，数個の粗い鋸歯がある。茎生葉は線形で幅1～5cm，鋸歯はない。花は単生または総状に数個つき，花柄は糸状，萼裂片も糸状で長さ5～8mm，鋸歯はない。

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