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:''For the main belt asteroid, see 1077 Campanula. The hydrozoan genus ''Campanula'' is usually included in ''Campanularia'' today.'' ''Campanula'' 〔''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607〕 is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes both its common and its scientific name from its bell-shaped flowers—''campanula'' is Latin for "little bell". The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region east to the Caucasus.〔(Altervista Flora Italiana, Genere: ''Campanula'' - Famiglia: Campanulaceae )〕 The range also extends into mountains in tropical regions of Asia and Africa.〔(Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families )〕 The species include annual, biennial and perennial plants, and vary in habit from dwarf arctic and alpine species under 5 cm high, to large temperate grassland and woodland species growing to tall. ==Description== The leaves are alternate and often vary in shape on a single plant, with larger, broader leaves at the base of the stem and smaller, narrower leaves higher up; the leaf margin may be either entire or serrated (sometimes both on the same plant). Many species contain white latex in the leaves and stems.〔(Flora of China, v 19 p 530, 风铃草属 feng ling cao shu, ''Campanula'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 163. 1753. )〕 The flowers are produced in panicles (sometimes solitary), and have a five-lobed corolla, typically large (2–5 cm or more long), mostly blue to purple, sometimes white or pink. Below the corolla, 5 leaf-like sepals form the calyx. Some species have a small additional leaf-like growth termed an "appendage" between each sepal, and the presence or absence, relative size, and attitude of the appendage is often used to distinguish between closely related species.〔 The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds.〔 ''Campanula'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Common Pug (recorded on Harebell), Dot Moth, Ingrailed Clay (recorded on Harebell), Lime-speck Pug and Mouse Moth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Campanula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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