Details of genus: Platycodon [1660]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Balloon flower
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pub_year:
accepted:
Family: Campanulaceae
family_ja: キキョウ
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of one species of perennial, variable in habit and form, from grassy slopes and mountain meadows in E. Asia. Late emerging, it forms a neat clump of hairless stems with simple, ovate to ovate-lance-shaped, toothed, bluish green leaves. It is cultivated mainly for its clusters of bell-shaped, 5-petalled, mid-blue, dark blue, or lilac-purple flowers, which open from large, balloon-like buds. Suitable for a rock garden or the front of a herbaceous border. It is also good for cutting. Established plants resent disturbance.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed in situ or in containers, in spring. Divide in summer, or detach rooted basal shoots in early summer.
pests_en: Slugs and snails attack young shoots.
description_ja:
comment:
comment_ja: キキョウ
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Campanulaceae | キキョウ科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Campanulaceae | キキョウ科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Campanulaceae | キキョウ科 | Show |