Korean bellflower
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The Korean bellflower is a species
of bellflower
. It bears pink to white flower
s. There are several cultivar
s.
Please note that the Korean herbal root, doraji (Korean: 도라지), does not come from this plant but rather from the balloon flower
(Platycodon grandiflorus), although do-ra-ji is usually translated from Korean as "bellflower".
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of bellflower
Bellflower
The term Bellflower can refer to:*The city of Bellflower, California.*The village of Bellflower, Illinois.* Bellflower, Missouri*Numerous flowering Bellflower plants, classified in the genera Campanula, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, and Platycodon.*The Bellflower family of rabbits, created by...
. It bears pink to white flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s. There are several cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
s.
Please note that the Korean herbal root, doraji (Korean: 도라지), does not come from this plant but rather from the balloon flower
Chinese bellflower
Platycodon grandiflorus is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon . This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower...
(Platycodon grandiflorus), although do-ra-ji is usually translated from Korean as "bellflower".