Scotland's Bluebell

The Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is often referred to as the Bluebell here in Scotland and is quite common in and around the coastline of East Lothian.  The more common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) also grows in Scotland but the more delicate Harebell, which flowers between July and October, is Scotland's Bluebell.

While I was down at Barns Ness Lighthouse yesterday morning I spotted a patch of Harebells growing in the grass bordering the beach.  It had just started to rain and the flowers had drops of water on them. So I swapped lenses to the 60mm macro and got down low to get some close up images before the rain really started to fall.

Description: Campanula rotundifolia is a perennial species of flowering plant, a slender, prostrate to erect herb, spreading by seed and rhizomes. 

Leaves on the flowering stems are long and narrow and the upper ones are unstemmed. The inflorescence is a panicle or raceme, with 1 – many flowers borne on very slender pedicels. The flowers usually have five pale to mid violet-blue petals fused together into a bell shape, about 12–30 mm (0.5–1.2 in) long and five long, pointed green sepals behind them. 

Plants with pale pink or white flowers may also occur.

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Images taken on a Fujifilm X-T1 + Fujinon XF60mm f2.4R macro

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