title: Campanula lactiflora
text: # Campanula lactiflora
  
  Campanula lactiflora, the milky bellflower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Campanula of the family Campanulaceae, native to Turkey and the Caucasus. It is a medium-sized herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), with narrow, toothed leaves 5–12 cm (2–5 in) long. Large conical clusters of open, star-shaped flowers are produced on branching stems in summer. In favourable conditions it will self-seed with variable results. The flowers are usually white or pale blue, but numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, in a range of colours.
  
  The Latin specific epithet lactiflora means "milk-white flowers".
  
  The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
  
  * 'Alba' (white)
  * 'Favourite' (lilac)
  * 'Loddon Anna' (pale pink)
  * 'Prichard's Variety' (violet blue)
  