[The Harebell Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell

Campanula scabrella

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

The photo above easily shows the form of rough harebell with its narrow leaves with entire margins, the glaucous surface of leaves and stems and erect flowers. Photographed atop Little Mt. Adams (6815') on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 16, 2005. On Mt. Adams at least, it is commonly found on high, cinder slopes.

Close-up sideview of the flower of Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella - Close-up of the flower of Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

The photo at left shows a close-up of the upper stem and flower of rough harebell. Note the dense covering of minute, stiff and grayish hairs on the calyx and upper stem. Note the 3-lobed stigma protruding beyond the mouth of the corolla tube and the acute tips to the corolla lobes in the photo at right. Both photos are from atop Little Mt. Adams (6815') on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 16, 2005.

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

Rough harebell as seen on Little Mount Adams, Tract D Yakama Nation lands on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams...........August 13, 2012.

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

The photo above shows rough harebell as seen on the side of Little Mt. Adams..........August 14, 2004.

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

The photo above shows a close-up sideview of rough harebell as seen in cinders on the side of Little Mt. Adams........August 14, 2004. Note the long, taper-tipped sepals.

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

The photo above shows a close-up photo of the flower of rough harebell as seen in cinders on Little Mt. Adams........July 17, 2006.

Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella - Basal leaves of Rough Bellflower, Rough Harebell: Campanula scabrella

Both photos show rough harebell as seen in cinders on the side of Little Mt. Adams.........August 14, 2004.

Paul Slichter