Campanula lactiflora

Campanula lactiflora, the milky bellflower,^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Campanula of the family Campanulaceae, native to Turkey and the Caucasus. It is a medium-sized herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), with narrow, toothed leaves 5–12 cm (2–5 in) long. Large conical clusters of open, star-shaped flowers are produced on branching stems in summer. In favourable conditions it will self-seed with variable results. The flowers are usually white or pale blue, but numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, in a range of colours.^[3]

Campanula lactiflora
C. lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Campanula
Species:	C. lactiflora
Binomial name
Campanula lactiflora M.Bieb[1]

The Latin specific epithet lactiflora means "milk-white flowers".^[4]

The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-

• 'Alba'^[5] (white)
• 'Favourite'^[6] (lilac)
• 'Loddon Anna'^[7] (pale pink)
• 'Prichard's Variety'^[8] (violet blue)