Peach-leaved Bellflower - Campanula persicifolia

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Description

Medium to tall hairless plant, stems erect and unbranched, upper leaves linear lanceolate toothed, flowers usually blue, occasionally white, 30 to 40 mm long, horizontal or ascending broad bells, not nodding, borne in a lax raceme.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Meadows, open woods and waste places.

When to see it

June to August.

Life History

Perennial

UK Status

Widespread but occasional and in scattered locations in Britain.

VC55 Status

Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, the Ellistown record is only the third record for VC55. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.

  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    24 June 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Higham on the Hill
    09 July 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Higham on the Hill
    09 July 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote, Morley Road
    02 June 2020

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Narrow-Leaved Bellflower, Peach-leaved Bellflower
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Campanulaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
21
First record:
27/06/2011 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
08/06/2024 (Rodgers (RNHS), John)

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  • Graham Calow
    Path near Huncote Road, Stoney Stanton
    23 June 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Path near Huncote Road, Stoney Stanton
    23 June 2016
  • Craig Mabbett
    Broughton Astley Geveze Way
    22 May 2022
  • Craig Mabbett
    Broughton Astley Geveze Way
    22 May 2022
  • Craig Mabbett
    Broughton Astley Geveze Way
    22 May 2022
  • Graham Calow
    Claybrooke Magna
    04 August 2016
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Road, Cosby
    28 June 2016
  • Craig Mabbett
    A426 Lutterwoth Road Cosby
    09 August 2017
  • Craig Mabbett
    Broughton Astley Geveze Way
    22 May 2022
  • Graham Calow
    Ellistown
    27 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Higham on the Hill
    09 July 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Higham on the Hill
    09 July 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Asfordby Hill, Holwell Ironworks
    10 July 2021
  • stepgray4
    Saxelbye
    24 July 2021
    White-flowered form
  • steven lewis
    Bottesford, duck ponds
    06 July 2020
  • egaten
    Watery Gate Lane
    14 June 2020
  • Sarah Rate
    Loughborough Old Cemetery
    27 June 2021