Campanula aparinoides
 
Marsh Bellflower

Flower Top

3.2 km North of Highway # 3 on Silica Sands Road,
33 km East of Hudson Bay

10-August-2016

Note the five stamens and three stigmas.  The five petals are connate at the base.

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Aparinoides: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this species. 
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basal leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate; NOT [basal leaves ovate or cordate]

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stem leaves narrow, linear to filiform; NOT [stem leaves broad, ovate to ovate-lanceolate]

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stem usually bearing many flowers; NOT [stem simple, bearing a solitary terminal flower]

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flowers not crowded; NOT [flowers in part crowded into a head]

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flowers not over 12 mm long; NOT [flowers more than 12 mm long]

 

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Campanulaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, without chlorophyll]

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plants often with milky juice; NOT [plants without milky juice]

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not climbing plants; NOT [climbing plants with tendrils]

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leaves basal or alternate; NOT [leaves opposite]

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flowers not in heads or spikes; NOT [flowers in long or short spikes], NOT [flowers in heads or in form resembling a head]

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flowers with two floral rings

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petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell

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corolla regular, bell-shaped; NOT [corolla irregular, split down one side]

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anthers free; NOT [anthers united into a tube]

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ovary inferior; NOT [ovary superior]