''Phyteuma scheuchzeri'', the Oxford rampion or horned rampion, is a perennial herbaceous

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family Campanulaceae.

Subspecies

* ''Phyteuma scheuchzeri columnae'' * ''Phyteuma scheuchzeri scheuchzeri''

Description

''Phyteuma scheuchzeri'' can reach a height of . This plant form tufts of narrow, light bluish green leaves with tall stems holding little head-shaped inflorescence of deep-blue flowers. The bracts are lanceolate to linear and longer than the clusters.

Distribution

This species can be found in Southern Alps and in Northern Appennini, in Great Britain, Switzerland, France, Italy and former Yugoslavia.WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Habitat

This species grows mostly in crevices on limestone and silicate rocks at altitudes of up to 3600 meters. File:Phyteuma scheuchzeri Atlas Alpenflora.jpg , Illustration from Atlas der Alpenflora (1882), A. Hartinger File: Campanulaceae - Phyteuma scheuchzeri.JPG, ''Phyteuma scheuchzeri''

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Perennials

Dave’s Darden
Campanuloideae Flora of Europe Taxa named by Carlo Allioni {{Campanulaceae-stub