Illinois bell flowers

Trying to learn to distinguish the bell flowers found in Illinois.

Useful Terms:
Acintomorphic – radial symmetry (daisy)
Zygomorphic – only one way to make symmetrical (orchid)
corolla – the collective petals of a flower
sessile – without stem/stalk

Split Corolla – Lobelia
Leaves sessile, often clasping. Solitary sessile flower – Triodanis
Else - Campanula

Triodanis
bracts circular or ovate T. perfoliata
bracts linear or lanceolate T. leptocarpa (rare)

Lobelias
Red – Lobelia cardinalis
Rose – might be a hybrid of cardinalis and siphilitica
Blue (sometimes white)-

• not very hairy, larger flowers, lancelate or oblong ovate leaves L. siphilitica
• southern Illinois, really hairy stems etc, smaller flowers L. puberula

• Chicago area, bottom petals hairy, small flowers, pale blue, not very dense racemes, thin upper leaves,
  spatula bottom leaves L. kalmii
  L. inflata, small pale blue flowers with inflated seed capsules
  L. spicata, tiny pale blue or white flowers

Campanula
narrow leaves

• not very hairy: rotundifolia
• white corolla: aparinoides

• blue corolla: ulginosa
  ovate leaves

• splayed out flower: americana
• flowers with short pedicle, drooping, 1 sided raceme: rapunculoides
• sessile errect flowers: glomerata

Publicado el enero 17, 2021 05:56 TARDE por k2018lena