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Campanula carpatica

Campanula carpatica

9.9
A low plant that grows in small clumps with blue or white bell-shaped flowers that comes back every year
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : campanilla carpatica
  • Many gardeners choose Campanula carpatica for its vibrant blue blooms in rock gardens.

Examples

  • The clumps of Campanula carpatica add a touch of elegance to the border of the flower bed.

  • White varieties of Campanula carpatica are less common but equally striking in appearance.

  • The Campanula carpatica blooms beautifully in the summer.

  • Have you seen the Campanula carpatica in the garden?

  • Many gardeners choose Campanula carpatica for its vibrant blue blooms in rock gardens.

  • The clumps of Campanula carpatica add a touch of elegance to the border of the flower bed.

  • White varieties of Campanula carpatica are less common but equally striking in appearance.

Synonyms

tussock bellflower
vsCampanula carpatica
  • Specialized
9.4

A plant that lives many years and grows in clumps with blue or white bell-shaped flowers

has identical meaning but is an alternative common name
spreading bellflower
vsCampanula carpatica
  • UK
7.9

Plant that lives many years, grows in clumps and sends out stems with blue or white bell-shaped flowers

has the same botanical sense but is a different common name

Surface Forms

Campanula carpatica singular
Campanula carpaticae plural

Morphology

Campanula + carpatica

This is a Latin binomial (scientific) name rather than a standard English phrase: while 'Campanula' denotes bellflowers, the second element 'carpatica' is not an English lexical item (and here is undefined) and encodes a taxonomic/origin label (likely ‘of the Carpathians’) that a B1 learner would not reliably infer. Because the species epithet is non-transparent to typical learners and the whole string functions as a technical name, the overall meaning cannot be derived from the parts by an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Campanula carpatica: the name comes from Latin—campanula means 'little bell' because the flowers look like tiny bells, and carpatica means 'from the Carpathians'. So, the name helps you remember it is a bell-shaped flower that grows in clumps and comes from that mountain area.