Edraianthus

Edraianthus
	Edraianthus serpyllifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Edraianthus; (A.DC.) A.DC.
Species
	See text

Edraianthus (rock bells or grassy bells) is a small genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. Edraianthus species are native to mountain regions of the Balkan, including Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, and as far as Romania, Italy and Greece.

They are small perennial plants, with tufts of grassy leaves and fine bell-shaped flowers, usually blue. They are often used as ornamental plants in rock gardens.

The genus name is derived from the Greek hedraios (sitting) and anthos (flower).

Selected species

Edraianthus dalmaticus
Edraianthus dinaricus
Edraianthus graminifolius
Edraianthus owerinianus

Edraianthus pumilio
Edraianthus serbicus
Edraianthus serpyllifolius
Edraianthus sutjeskae
Edraianthus tenuifolius

Ten species of the genus Edraianthus are often placed in genus Wahlenbergia instead. Selected Edraianthus species are also placed in Muehlbergella, Halacsyella or Hedraeanthus by some botanists. Campanula parnassica is sometimes classified as Edraianthus parnassica.

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