page_title: Campanula patula
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Campanula patula / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Eesti: Campanula patula - Harilik kellukas Niitvälja küla territooriumilEnglish: Campanula patula - Niitvälja, Northwestern Estonia
context_page_description: Campanula patula or spreading bellflower is a plant species of the genus Campanula. It can grow to more than half a meter high. This delicate bellflower bears lateral branches of pale blue or white flowers that are upright and funnel shaped. The leaves are narrow and pointed. Branches are often supported by the surrounding vegetation, so the plants can appear prostrate. The main difference between this and other bellflowers is that the petals in the bell are spread out and more pointed and this gives this species its common name.
context_section_description: Spreading bellflower is native to temperate parts of Europe and widely naturalised elsewhere. Its natural habitat is meadows, banks, open woodland, clearings, roadside verges, fallow fields and waste ground. In the United Kingdom it is rare in the wild, occurring mainly on infertile banks and rock outcrops. It needs light for the seeds to germinate so may reappear after many years of absence when the soil is disturbed.
  A bellflower weevil in the genus Miarus is associated with this plant.
caption: Single flower
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