PLANTS Profile for Platycodon grandiflorus (balloon-flower)

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PLANTS Profile

Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.
balloon-flower

Symbol:

PLGR7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Campanulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	platycodon
	Chinese-bellflower

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Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

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Synonyms:
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

PLGR5

Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC., orth. var.

balloon flower

Distribution:
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.


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USA (NC, NY, PA)

Related Taxa:
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

View 27 genera in Campanulaceae, 1 species in Platycodon

Classification:
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Campanulales
Family	Campanulaceae – Bellflower family
Genus	Platycodon A. DC. – platycodon
Species	Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC. – balloon-flower

Introduced Information:
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 12:21 AM CDT