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Common varieties of bluebells

Last Update ：2024.11.11

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The bellflower is named because its flower shape resembles a bell. The flower shape is unique and deeply loved by everyone. But there are more than 200 members of the bluebell family, all with similar faces. How many of these species do you know? The editor below lists for you the common varieties of bellflowers.

purple-spotted bluebell

Purple-spotted bluebell

bellflower

This is more common A species distributed in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, Southwest China, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Sichuan Province and other provinces and regions. The whole plant can be used as medicine. The flowers are terminal and pendulous. The corolla is white with purple spots, rarely lavender, and is tubular and bell-shaped.

Flower Bellflower

Bluebell

Also called lantern flower, the flowers grow in groups, the corolla is purple, blue-purple or blue, tubular and bell-shaped, and the ends of the flowers are split. It also has very good medicinal value.

American bluebell

Bluebell

It is native to humid woodland in North America. It has a tall plant shape, blue to white color, sways in the wind, and grows in clusters on mountain rocks.

Grassroot Bluebell

Bluebell

< p>A biennial herb, this is an edible bellflower whose roots and leaves can be made into salads and whose flowers are white or purple. Although edible, this variety is rarely grown in China.

Greystone Bluebell

Bluebell

Mainly distributed in northwest Yunnan and southwest Sichuan, China. The roots are carrot-shaped and the stems are clustered. The difference is that the leaf bases are darker in color. Flowering time is from August to October.