campanula thyrsoides

Campanula thyrsoides is a flowering plant belonging to the family Campanulaceae.

The species name “thyrsoides” derives from the Latin 'thyrsus' (a staff of giant fennel covered with ivy vines and leaves and associated with Dionysus) and refers to the shape of the upright inflorescence of this plant, similar to a panicle with severals flowers on opposite pedicels.

Campanula thyrsoides thyrsoides

Campanula thyrsoides carniolica

This species is widespread in the Alps, in the Jura mountains and in the ...