Campanulaceae
Canterbury-bells
Campanula medium
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Campanula
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- نبات زهرة الجرس
- Armenian
- Զանգակածաղիկ միջին
- arz
- جريس المتوسطه
- Cantonese
- 風鈴草
- Chinese
- 彩鐘花, 风铃草, 中间风铃草, 風鈴草
- Czech
- Zvonek zahradní
- Dutch
- Mariëtteklokje
- English
- Canterbury-bells, Canterbury bells
- Finnish
- Maariankello
- French
- Campanule carillon
- German
- Marien-Glockenblume, Marienglockenblume
- Icelandic
- Sumarklukka
- Irish
- Plúrán cloigneach
- kw
- Klegh an kowr
- Lithuanian
- Darželinis katilėlis
- Malayalam
- കാമ്പനൂല മീഡിയം
- Polish
- Dzwonek ogrodowy
- Russian
- Колокольчик средний
- Slovak
- Zvonček prostredný
- Spanish
- Farolillos
- Swedish
- Mariaklocka
- Thai
- ระฆังแคนเตอร์บรี
- Welsh
- Clychlys Caer-gaint
Synonyms
- Campanula bourdiniana Gand.
- Campanula florida Salisb.
- Campanula grandiflora Lam.
- Campanula grandiflorum Lam.
- Campanula medium f. alba Voss
- Campanula medium f. caesia Voss
- Campanula medium f. calycantha Voss
- Campanula medium f. coerulea Voss
- Campanula medium f. rosea Voss
- Campanula medium f. striata Voss
- Campanula medium var. bourdiniana (Gand.) Nyman
- Campanula medium var. calycanthema Nicholls
- Marianthemum grandiflorum Czerw. & L.Schwarz
- Marianthemum medium (L.) Schur
- Medium grandiflorum Spach
- Medium grandiflorum (Lam.) Fourr.
- Rapuntia medium (L.) Chevall.
- Rapuntia medium (L.) Chevall.
- Sykoraea hortensis Opiz
- Talanelis medium (L.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 209 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Luca Fornasari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: anasacuta, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Filippo Ceragioli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: ROMAGNOLO Filippo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fontema, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: nickiandcolin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Franck Cabot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: birgit kok, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.