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Botanical Family · Asterales

Campanulaceae

Bellflower Family

6 speciesOrder Asterales6+ well-known plants

The Campanulaceae family (Bellflower Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Asterales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 6 species across 3 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Lobelia, Laurentia and Wahlenbergia. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Star Of Bethlehem, Chickweed Lobelia and Winged Lobelia.

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Representative CAMPANULACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Campanulaceae
Key pattern

Alternate leaves on herbs with milky or clear sap; regular, bell-shaped flowers fuse their petals into a five-lobed tube, and the style pushes the flower's own pollen out before its stigma lobes open to receive pollen from other flowers.

Many members exude a milky latex when cut, and their pollen-presentation mechanism — shedding pollen before the stigma becomes receptive — is a built-in defence against self-fertilisation.

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Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementVariable
  • TypeVariable
  • MarginVariable
  • VenationVariable

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceCyme
  • FruitVariable

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Star Of BethlehemLaurentia longifloraChickweed LobeliaLobelia alsinoidesWinged LobeliaLobelia heyneanaWild TobaccoLobelia nicotianifoliaCommon PratiaLobelia nummulariaSouthern RockbellWahlenbergia marginata

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