FAMILY:
Bluebell Family (Campanulaceae)

DESCRIPTION:
This native perennial can be found growing 2 - 6', the light to dark blue flowers are flattened unlike most bellflowers. They grow in clusters along the spike-like stem to the top and are 3/4" to 1" wide. The style is long and often curving and recurving.

FLOWERS:
July to September

HABITAT:
Moist banks and along woodland margins, rich woods and thickets.

OTHER INFORMATION:
This is a member of the Bluebell family (Campanulacea) whose flowers aren't particularly bell-like.

American Indians used a leaf tea to treat coughs and tuberculosis. Crushed root was used for whooping cough.

 

 

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