Israel wildflowers: Yellow Bellflower

Campanula sulphurea, Yellow Bellflower,
Hebrew: פעמונית גפורה, Arabic: الجرسية الصفراء

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}


Life form:		Therophyte, annual
Stems:		Erect trailing or decumbent, glabrous, pubescent, or hirsute
Leaves:		Alternate, entire, smooth
Flowers:		Yellow
Fruits / pods:		Capsule, elongated to ovoid , obovoid or round, with membranous walls; dehiscence by irregular pores at the bases or the sides; seeds minute, numerous
Flowering Period:		February, March, April, May
Habitat:		Sand
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

_{Location: Bene Zion Nature Reserve}
Derivation of the botanical name:

Campanula, campana, campan, “bell” (church); Campanula (bell) shaped, referring to the corolla shape.

sulphurea, Sulphur-yellow.
The Hebrew name: pa’amonit, פעמונית, from pa’amon, פעמון, bell. The flowers look like bells.

The standard author abbreviation Boiss. is used to indicate Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885), a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.

_{Location: Netanya, Sergeants Grove}