Campanula latifolia, SE: Hässleklocka, DE: Breitblättrige Glockenblume,
NL: Breed klokje, UK: Giant bellflower, Large campanula, Wide-leaved bellflower

Scientific name:		Campanula latifolia L.
Swedish name:		Hässleklocka
German name:		Breitblättrige Glockenblume
Nederlandse naam:		Breed klokje
English name:		Giant bellflower, Large campanula, Wide-leaved bellflower
Family:		Campanulaceae, Bellflower family, Klockväxter

Life form:		Perennial
Stems:		Height 60-120cm, unbranched, erect and shortly pubescent
Leaves:		Alternate, lanceolate, dentate, petiolate
Flowers:		Many-flowered terminal raceme, bell-shaped, corolla pubescent with five dark violet-blue fused petals
Flowering Period:		July- August
Fruits:		Hairy, nodding capsule
Habitat:		Groves, cultivated land
Distribution:		Southern Sweden up to Uppland, also found farther north

Derivation of the botanical name: Campanula is diminutive of Late Latin campāna, bell (New Latin: a little bell). latifolia, latus,"broad", and folius, "leaf"; hence, "broad leaf." The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.