Campanulaceae
European Venus' looking glass
Legousia speculum-veneris
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Legousia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Czech
- Zvoněnka Venušina
- Dutch
- Groot spiegelklokje
- English
- European Venus' looking glass, Looking glass
- Finnish
- Venuksenpeili
- French
- Miroir de Vénus, Mirette, Speculaire miroir
- German
- Venus-Frauenspiegel, Echter Frauenspiegel, Venusspiegel
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Venusspeil
- Persian
- آینه ونوس
- Polish
- Zwrotnica zwierciadło Wenery, Leguzja zwierciadło Wenery
- Slovenian
- Navadno njivno zrcalce
- Swedish
- Venusspegel
- Welsh
- Drych Gwener mawr
Synonyms
- Campanula arvensis Pers.
- Campanula cordata Vis.
- Campanula hirta Roem. & Schult.
- Campanula pulchella Salisb.
- Campanula speculum-veneris L.
- Campanula trigona Ehrenb. ex Boiss.
- Githopsis latifolia Eastw.
- Legousia arvensis Durande
- Legousia durandii Delarbre
- Legousia speculum Fisch. ex A.DC.
- Legousia speculum-veneris f. calycina (A.DC.) Hayek
- Legousia speculum-veneris f. polypiflora (Davidov) Hayek
- Legousia speculum-veneris f. stricta (Griseb.) Hayek
- Prismatocarpus cordatus (Vis.) Rchb.
- Prismatocarpus hirtus Ten.
- Prismatocarpus speculum-veneris (L.) L'Hér.
- Prismatocarpus speculum-veneris var. hirtus (Ten.) K.Koch
- Specularia arvensis Friche-Joset & Montandon
- Specularia cordata (Vis.) Heynh.
- Specularia hirta Nyman
- Specularia polypiflora Davidov
- Specularia speculum-veneris (L.) A.DC.
- Specularia speculum-veneris f. plena Voss
- Specularia speculum-veneris f. procumbens Voss
- Specularia speculum-veneris subsp. hirta (Ten.) Arcang.
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. calycina A.DC.
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. cordata (Vis.) Nyman
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. hirta (Ten.) Nyman
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. libanotica A.DC.
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. pubescens A.DC.
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. racemosa Boiss.
- Specularia speculum-veneris var. stricta Griseb.
- Specularia vulgaris Kitt.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 239 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: F. Bemmerlein-Lux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Denis Bastianelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Noé Fleury Frouart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MurielBendel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Jacob, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Ballmer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.