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Nettle-leaved
Bellflower (Also known as Bats-in-the-Belfry):
Flowers:
July-September
Tall, hairy
perennial from 30 cm to 1 metre high, bristly hairs on leaves,
sharply ridges, squarish stem, violet-blue flowers borne singly or
in groups of 2 or 3. The lower leaves are wider and more
heart-shaped than the upper ones.
Fairly common plant
of British woods and hedges on heavy soil.
Spreading
Bellflower:
Flowers:
July-September
Shorter (up to 60
cm) than the Nettle -leaved Bellflower with smaller flowers and
narrower leaves. The flower stems are branched and each stem
carries a few flowers.
Spreading Bellflower
is quite a rare flower of woods, hedges and shady places and
occurs mainly in the west of Britain.
See
also Greater Bell-flower
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