Edraianthus

Edraianthus (rock bells or grassy bells) is a small genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. Edraianthus species are native to the mountains of the Balkan, including Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia, and as far as Romania, Italy and Greece.

They are small perennial mountain plants, with tufts of grassy leaves and fine bell flowers, usually blue. They are often used as ornamental plants in rock gardens.

The genus name is derived from the Greek hedraios (sitting) and anthos (flower).


Selected species
Edraianthus dalmaticus or Dalmatian rockbell is an ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. This herbaceous perennial is native to the mountains of Dalmatia in Croatia but now used in gardening. It is a tufted species with narrow grass-like leaves, 2 to 4 inches in length, and flower-stems at first drooping, afterwards erect, 4 to 6 inches high, with large flowers of a violet-blue color, in clusters which appear in July and August.

Edraianthus dinaricus

Edraianthus pumilio

Edraianthus owerinianus

Edraianthus serpyllifolius

Edraianthus serbicus

Edraianthus graminifolius

Edraianthus tenuifolius

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