Edraianthus

Taxobox
name = "Edraianthus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Campanulaceae
genus = "Edraianthus"
genus_authority = (A.DC.) A.DC.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"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"
* "Edraianthus dinaricus"
* "Edraianthus graminifolius"
* "Edraianthus owerinianus"
* "Edraianthus pumilio"
* "Edraianthus serbicus"
* "Edraianthus serpyllifolius"
* "Edraianthus tenuifolius"

Ten species of the genus "Edraianthus" are often placed in genus "Wahlenbergia" instead. Selected "Edraianthus" species are also placed in "Muehlbergella", "Halacsyella" or "Hedraeanthus" by some botanists. "Campanula parnassica" is sometimes classified as "Edraianthus parnassica".

Sources

* [http://www.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=188 Botany 2006]
* [http://www.ovrghs.ca/articles/Plants/Edraianthus%20pumilio.htm Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Taxonomy&cmd=search&term=Edraianthus NCBI]
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9073697/tuftybell Encyclopedia Britannica]