Campanula

Bellflower
	Campanula persicifolia near Tehumardi, Saaremaa, Estonia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Campanuloideae
Genus:	Campanula; L.
Type species
	Campanula latifolia; L.
Synonyms
	List Annaea Kolak. ; Astrocodon Fed. ; Azorina Feer ; Brachycodon Fed. ; Brachycodonia Fed. ex Kolak. ; Cenekia Opiz ; Decaprisma Raf. ; Depierrea Schltdl. ; Diosphaera Buser ; Drymocodon Fourr ; Echinocodon Kolak. ; Echinocodonia Kolak. ; Erinia Noulet ; Fedorovia Kolak. ; Gadellia Schulkina ; Gaertnera Retz. ; Halacsyella Janch. ; Hayekia Lakusic ex D.Lakusic, Shuka & Eddie ; Hemisphaera Kolak. ; Hyssaria Kolak. ; Lacara Raf. ; Loreia Raf. ; Marianthemum Schrank ; Medium Spach ; Medium Opiz ; Megalocalyx (Damboldt) Kolak. ; Mzymtella Kolak. ; Nenningia Opiz ; Neocodon Kolak. & Serdyuk. ; Pentropis Raf. ; Petkovia Stef. ; Popoviocodonia Fed. ; Pseudocampanula Kolak. ; Quinquelocularia K.Koch ; Petkovia Stef. ; Pseudocampanula Kolak. ; Rapuntia Chevall. ; Roucela Dumort ; Sachokiella Kolak. ; Sicyocodon Feer ; Sykoraea Opiz ; Symphyandra A.DC. ; Syncodon Fourr. ; Talanelis Raf. ; Theodorovia Opiz ; Trachelioides Opiz ; Tracheliopsis Buser ; Weitenwebera Opiz ;

Campanula (/kæmˈpænjʊlə/) is the type genus of the Campanulaceae family of flowering plants. Campanula are commonly known as bellflowers and take both their common and scientific names from the bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell".

The genus includes over 500 species and several subspecies, distributed across the temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with centers of diversity in the Mediterranean region, Balkans, Caucasus and mountains of western Asia. The range also extends into mountains in tropical regions of Asia and Africa.

The species include annual, biennial and perennial plants, and vary in habit from dwarf arctic and alpine species under 5 cm high, to large temperate grassland and woodland species growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall.