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Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC.  
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FamilyCAMPANULACEAE
Genus speciesPlatycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC. 
BibliographyMonogr. Campan.: 125 (1830)
Native Rangese. Siberia to China and Japan
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland
Altitude100-2000m
Descriptionleaves alternate, sessile, ovate, 4-7cm, acute, serrate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, flowers solitary, terminal, corolla broadly campanulate, 4-5cm across
Size40-100cm
Colorbluish purple
Bloomsummer
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, sunny site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
division in spring and fall; basal cuttings in spring
SynonymsCampanula 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 var. duplex (Makino) Nakai
Platycodon glaucus var. monanthus Nakai
Platycodon glaucus var. pentapetalus (Makino) Makino
Platycodon glaucus var. planicorollatus Makino
Platycodon glaucus var. rugosus Makino
Platycodon glaucus var. subaphyllus Nakai
Platycodon glaucus f. subasepalus Honda
Platycodon glaucus f. violaceus Makino
Platycodon grandiflorus var. albus Stubenrauch
Platycodon grandiflorus f. angustifolius Regel
Platycodon grandiflorus var. autumnalis (Decne.) Voss
Platycodon grandiflorus f. bicolor (Makino) H.Hara
Platycodon grandiflorus var. candolleanus Franch.
Platycodon grandiflorus var. duplex Makino
Platycodon grandiflorus var. glaucus (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.
Platycodon grandiflorus var. japonicus Stubenrauch
Platycodon grandiflorus f. leucanthus H.Hara
Platycodon grandiflorus var. mariesii Lynch
Platycodon grandiflorus f. monanthus (Nakai) Hyun S.Kim
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 grandiflorus f. subasepalus (Honda) H.Hara
Platycodon mariesii (Lynch) Wittm.
Platycodon mariesii f. albonanus H.Hara
Platycodon mariesii var. albus Wittm.
Platycodon mariesii f. striatus (Stubenrauch) H.Hara
Platycodon sinensis Lem.
Wahlenbergia grandiflora (Jacq.) Schrad.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye)
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea)
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