Stats

Lifespan

Annual or Biennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Common

About

Tall bellflowers are wildflowers that bloom in the summer, often found growing along stream banks and woods. They can grow up to 3 feet tall, and their leaves are covered in hair.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Campanulaceae

Genus

Campanulastrum

Species

Campanulastrum americanum