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Southcott's* Hair-Bell Family         Waghorne


Campanulaceae (Hair-Bell Family.)

Corolla of one petal, 5-lobed. Herbaceous or slightly shrubby plants. Mostly alternate leaves without stipules and showy blue or white flowers. Milky.

Campanula Rotundifolia.—Hair-bell. Grows on rocky banks near the sea. Name not very appropriate, as the round root leaves are seldom obvious. Flower blue.

Botany

*Mary Southcott. Some Newfoundland Wild Flowers.
St. John's, Newfoundland : Robinson and Company , 1915, p. 19-20