Campanulaceae
Balloon-flower
Platycodon grandiflorus
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Platycodon
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- جرانديفلوروس بلاتيكودون
- Bulgarian
- Платикодон
- Cantonese
- 桔梗
- Chinese
- 桔梗, 桔梗 额给哥坝（贵州黔东南）, 铃当花, 僧帽花, 包袱花, 桔梗花, 鈴鐺花, 额给哥坝（贵州黔东南）
- Croatian
- Balon cvijet
- Czech
- Platykodon velkokvětý, Boubelka velkokvětá, Boubelík velkokvětý, Platykodon, Zvonkovec velkokvětý
- English
- Balloon-flower, Balloon flower
- Finnish
- Jalokello
- French
- Campanule à grandes fleurs
- German
- Ballonblume
- Hebrew
- ענבל גדול-פרחים, ענבל גדול פרחים, פלטיקודון, פרח הבלון
- Hungarian
- Léggömbvirág
- Indonesian
- Bellflower Cina, Doraji
- Japanese
- キキョウ, ききょう, キキョウコン, 桔梗, 桔梗根
- Korean
- 도라지, 도라지꽃
- lzh
- 桔梗
- Malayalam
- പ്ലാറ്റികോഡൺ
- mnc
- ᡨᠣᡴᡨᠣᠪᠠ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Persian
- پلاتیکدن گراندیفلوروس
- Polish
- Rozwar wielkokwiatowy, Rozwar
- Portuguese
- Platycodon
- Spanish
- Campanilla china
- Swedish
- Praktklocka, Platyocodon grandiflorus, Praktklockor
- Vietnamese
- Cát cánh
Synonyms
- Campanula gentianoides Lam.
- Campanula glauca Thunb.
- Campanula grandiflora Jacq.
- Platycodon autumnalis Decne.
- Platycodon chinensis Lindl. & Paxton
- Platycodon glaucus (Thunb.) Nakai
- Platycodon glaucus f. albiflorus Honda
- Platycodon glaucus f. albus Makino
- Platycodon glaucus f. bicolor Makino
- Platycodon glaucus f. subasepalus Honda
- Platycodon glaucus f. violaceus Makino
- Platycodon glaucus var. monanthus Nakai
- Platycodon glaucus var. pentapetalus (Makino) Makino
- Platycodon glaucus var. planicorollatus Makino
- Platycodon glaucus var. rugosus Makino
- Platycodon glaucus var. subasepalus (Honda) Nakai
- Platycodon grandiflorus f. albiflorus (Honda) H.Hara
- Platycodon grandiflorus f. bicolor (Makino) H.Hara
- Platycodon grandiflorus f. leucanthus H.Hara
- Platycodon grandiflorus f. monanthus (Nakai) Hyun S.Kim
- Platycodon grandiflorus f. subasepalus (Honda) H.Hara
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. albus Stubenrauch
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. autumnalis (Decne.) Voss
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. duplex Makino
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. glaucus (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. japonicus Stubenrauch
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. mariesii Lynch
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. pentapetalus Makino
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. planicorollatus (Makino) Nakai
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. rugosus (Makino) Nakai
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. semiplenus Stubenrauch
- Platycodon grandiflorus var. striatus Stubenrauch
- Platycodon mariesii hort.
- Platycodon mariesii f. albonanus H.Hara
- Platycodon mariesii f. striatus (Stubenrauch) H.Hara
- Platycodon mariesii var. albus Wittm.
- Platycodon sinensis Lem.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 506 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nadezhda Bortnikova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Николай Соболев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ruth Blankenstein, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chibirenata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Comedora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: j_hering, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: sawyer mcdonell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.