Bluebell

Other names

Harebell, Common Harebell

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Circumboreal

Biocultural value

Roots were steeped in water and the lukewarm decoction was dropped into the ear to relieve earaches.

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Robison Herb Garden, Pounder Vegetable Garden and Climate Change Garden, Edwards Lake Cliffs Preserve

Source of plant

Well-Sweep Herb Farm, The Plantsmen, Jardin Botanique de Montreal, Nina Lambert, Alpine Research Seed Exchange

Description

A polymorphic aggregate of perennial forms producing a loose rosette of leaves and stolons, eventually forming a mat from which arise erect flower stems 3-18" tall. Flowers in loose terminal racemes or sometimes solitary, erect in bud, nodding to ascending in flower. Corolla white to deep lavender-blue, about 1" long, campanulate.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical

Status

L3|S4S5|G5