Canterberry bell

Japanese: Canterberry bell(英語表記)Canterberrybell
Canterberry bell

Campanula is a word of Latin origin meaning a small bell, and the English name was derived from the bell-shaped flowers. The representative species is C. medium L. (English name: Canterberry bell) (illustration), which grows to a height of 80-100cm, with basal leaves that are egg-lanceolate with slightly wavy edges, and in May-June grows thick, coarsely hairy, upright stems that branch into pyramidal twigs. The flowers are large, bell-shaped, about 2.5cm in diameter, and bloom in summer, with many hanging from the twigs. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Canterberry bell" is listed below.

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Japanese:

Campanulaはラテン語起源のことばで,小さい釣鐘の意であり,英名も花の形が釣鐘状であるところから名付けられた。代表的な種はフウリンソウC.medium L.(英名Canterberry bell)(イラスト)で,高さ80~100cmに達し,根生する葉は卵状披針形で葉縁はやや波状となり,5~6月ころ太く粗毛があって直立する茎を伸ばし,小枝を分枝してピラミッド状になる。花は直径2.5cm程度の大きい鐘状花で,夏に開花し,多数が小枝からぶらさがる。…

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