Campanula alaskana, the Alaska bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, native to north-western North America (the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Yukon, British Columbia, Washington state). It was first described by Asa Gray in 1886 as Campanula rotundifolia var. alaskana and elevated to a full species by William Wright in 1918.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alaskan bellflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Campanula petiolata
- Campanula intercedens
- Campanula giesekiana
- Campanula rotundifolia
- Campanula martinii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Campanula
- Species
- Campanula alaskana
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