Legousia speculum-veneris

Large Venus's-looking-glass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Legousia
Species:	L. speculum-veneris
Binomial name
	Legousia speculum-veneris; (L.)

Legousia speculum-veneris, the looking glass^[1] or large Venus's-looking-glass,^[2] is an annual ornamental plant in the family Campanulaceae (bellflowers). It blooms from June to August and is native to the Mediterranean region.

Synonyms[]

Campanula speculum-veneris L. – Sp. Pl.: 168 (1753), basionym
Legousia arvensis Durande – Fl. Bourgogne 1: 37 (1782), nom. superfl.
Prismatocarpus speculum-veneris (L.) L'Hér. – Sert. Angl.: 3 (1789)
Campanula pulchella Salisb. – Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 127 (1796), nom. superfl.
Legousia durandei Delarbre – Fl. Auvergne, ed. 2: 45 (1800), nom. superfl.
Campanula arvensis Pers. – Syn. Pl. 1: 193 (1805)
Prismatocarpus hirtus Ten. – Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): xvi (1811)
Campanula hirta (Ten.) Schult. – J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5: 153 (1819)
Campanula cordata Vis. – Stirp. Dalmat. Spec.: 5 (1826)
Specularia speculum A.DC. — Monogr. Campan.: 346 (1830)^[3]
Specularia speculum-veneris (L.) A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 346 (1830)
Legousia speculum Fisch. ex A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. calycina A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. libanotica A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. pubescens A.DC. – Monogr. Campan.: 347 (1830)
Prismatocarpus cordatus (Vis.) Rchb. – Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 858 (1831)
Specularia cordata (Vis.) Heynh. – Nom. Bot. Hort.: 689 (1841)
Specularia vulgaris Kitt. – Taschenb. Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2: 483 (1843), nom. superfl.
Prismatocarpus speculum-veneris var. hirtus (Ten.) K.Koch – Linnaea 19: 30 (1846)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. stricta Griseb. – Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 279 (1846)
Specularia arvensis Montandon – F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura, ed. 2: 156 (1868)
Campanula trigona Ehrenb. ex Boiss. – Fl. Orient. 3: 959 (1875)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. racemosa Boiss. – Fl. Orient. 3: 959 (1875)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. cordata (Vis.) Nyman – Consp. Fl. Eur.: 483 (1879)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. hirta (Ten.) Nyman – Consp. Fl. Eur.: 483 (1879)
Specularia speculum-veneris subsp. hirta (Ten.) Arcang. – Comp. Fl. Ital.: 450 (1882)
Specularia speculum-veneris f. plena Voss – Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 563 (1894)
Specularia speculum-veneris f. procumbens Voss – Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 563 (1894)
Specularia speculum-veneris var. procumbens (Voss) auct. – Rev. Hort. 1897: 254 (1897)
Specularia speculum-veneris subvar. pubescens (A.DC.) Rouy – G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 57 (1908)
Specularia polypiflora Davidov – Trav. Soc. Bulg. Sci. Nat. 8: 92 (1915)
Specularia hirta (Ten.) Gand. – Fl. Cret.: 69 (1916)
Legousia speculum-veneris f. calycina (A.DC.) Hayek – Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 551 (1930)
Legousia speculum-veneris f. polypiflora (Davidov) Hayek – Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 551 (1930)
Legousia speculum-veneris f. stricta (Griseb.) Hayek – Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(2): 551 (1930)
Githopsis latifolia Eastw. – Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. IV, 20: 154 (1931)

L. speculum-veneris

References[]

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Legousia speculum-veneris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ For syn. Specularia speculum see for instance: "Specimen L.3000413". Naturalis. Retrieved 2020-08-02.. See also: "Specularia speculum (L.) A. DC". efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.. Also: "Specularia speculum (L.) Tanfani". Brigham Young University, S. L. Welsh Herbarium. Retrieved 2020-08-02.. Also: "Specularia speculum A. DC". The PlantList. Retrieved 2020-08-02. etc.

Dominique Villars, Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné 2: 338 (1786).
"WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
"Legousia speculum-veneris". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

External links[]

USDA Plants Profile: Legousia speculum-veneris

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Legousia speculum-veneris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

[BSBI07-2] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[SpeculariaSpeculum-3] For syn. Specularia speculum see for instance: "Specimen L.3000413". Naturalis. Retrieved 2020-08-02.. See also: "Specularia speculum (L.) A. DC". efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-08-02.. Also: "Specularia speculum (L.) Tanfani". Brigham Young University, S. L. Welsh Herbarium. Retrieved 2020-08-02.. Also: "Specularia speculum A. DC". The PlantList. Retrieved 2020-08-02. etc.

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