| Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
| Genus species | Phyteuma orbiculare L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 170 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 400-2600m |
| Description | slightly hirsute, leaves narrowly lanceolate to cordate, dentate, petiolate, upper leaves more narrow, supporting bracts oval, flowers in spherical head |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | dark blue, bluish violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C basal cuttings in spring |
| Synonyms | Phyteuma angustatum Wender. Phyteuma austriacum Beck Phyteuma austriacum var. vestitum Murr Phyteuma bovelinii Hegetschw. Phyteuma brevifolium Schleich. Phyteuma charmelii ssp. tenerum (Rich.Schulz) Douin Phyteuma cordifolium Vill. Phyteuma corsicum Sieber ex Rochel Phyteuma delphinense (Rich.Schulz) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma delphinense f. alpestre (Rich.Schulz) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma delphinense var. ellipticifolium (Vill.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma delphinense f. hispidum (Hegetschw. ex Rich.Schulz) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma delphinense var. vestitum (Murr) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma ellipticifolium Vill. Phyteuma ellipticifolium var. eynense Sennen Phyteuma ellipticifolium var. pauciflorum Hegetschw. Phyteuma eynense (Sennen) Sennen Phyteuma fistulosum Rchb. Phyteuma hispanicum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma hispidum Hegetschw. Phyteuma inaequatum Kit. ex Schult. Phyteuma lanceolatum Vill. Phyteuma longifolium Hegetschw. Phyteuma michelii Hegetschw. Phyteuma montanum (Rich.Schulz) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma montanum var. exinvolucratum (Rich.Schulz) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma montanum var. suffultum (Rich.Schulz) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Phyteuma obtusifolium Freyn Phyteuma orbiculare f. alpestre Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. alpinum Schur Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. anglicum (Rich.Schulz) P.Fourn. Phyteuma orbiculare var. angustifolium St. Lag. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. austriacum (Beck) Nyman Phyteuma orbiculare var. bracteosum Wimm. & Grab. Phyteuma orbiculare var. brevifolium (Schleich.) Steud. Phyteuma orbiculare var. camerarii Wallr. Phyteuma orbiculare var. carpaticum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. ciliata Gajic Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. cinerascens Gaudin Phyteuma orbiculare var. columnae A.DC. Phyteuma orbiculare var. comosum Steud. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. cordatum Gaudin Phyteuma orbiculare var. cordatum Pančić Phyteuma orbiculare var. cordifolium (Vill.)) Klett & Richt. Phyteuma orbiculare var. decipiens (Gaudin) A.DC. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. decipiens Gaudin Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. delphinense Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. depauperatum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. ellipticifolium (Vill.) Nyman Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. ellipticifolium (Vill.) Arcang. Phyteuma orbiculare var. ellipticum Pers. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. ellipticum (Pers.) Gaudin Phyteuma orbiculare var. exinvolucratum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. fistulosum (Rchb.) Steud. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. flexuosum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. giganteum A.DC. Phyteuma orbiculare f. glabratum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. glabrescens Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. glabriusculum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. glabrum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. hirsutum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. hispidulum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. hispidum Hegetschw. ex Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. humile Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. hungaricum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. ibericum (Rich.Schulz) P.Fourn. Phyteuma orbiculare var. inaequatum (Kit. ex Schult.) Nyman Phyteuma orbiculare var. lanceolatum (Vill.) A.DC. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. lanceolatum (Vill.) Arcang. Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. lancifolium Gaudin Phyteuma orbiculare var. liguricum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. majus Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. minus Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. montanum (Rich.Schulz) Hayek & Hegi Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. montanum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. nanum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. nudum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. patens Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. pilosiusculum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. pilosum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. pratense Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. pratense (Rich.Schulz) Hayek & Hegi Phyteuma orbiculare var. pseudorbiculare (Pantan.) Nyman Phyteuma orbiculare f. pubescens Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare f. stellulatum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare var. suffultum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma orbiculare ssp. tenerum (Rich.Schulz) Braun-Blanq. Phyteuma orbiculare var. vulgare Rich.Schulz Phyteuma pancici Rohlena Phyteuma pilosum Hegetschw. Phyteuma pseudorbiculare Pant. Phyteuma pseudorbiculare f. angustifolium Rich.Schulz Phyteuma sallei Sennen & Elias Phyteuma scorzonerifolium var. eynense Sennen Phyteuma tenerum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum ssp. anglicum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum var. anomalum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum var. ellipticum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum f. glabrescens Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum f. glabrum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum f. hirsutum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum ssp. ibericum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum var. macrophyllum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum var. microphyllum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum f. pilosum Rich.Schulz Phyteuma tenerum var. tenerrimum Rich.Schulz Rapunculus orbicularis (L.) Mill. Rapunculus sylvestris Tragi ex Bubani |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) |