About the plant
This bellflower is endemic to Kiziki, East Georgia, where just two small populations are known.
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Endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex
Facts
- Grows best in soils with a high pH
- Threatened by limestone quarrying
- Seeds are banked in the MSB
© Tinatin Barblishvili/National Botanical Garden of Georgia
© Tinatin Barblishvili/National Botanical Garden of Georgia
© Tinatin Barblishvili/National Botanical Garden of Georgia
© Tinatin Barblishvili/National Botanical Garden of Georgia
By Paata Vardanashvili via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Clinging to the cliffs
Campanula kachethica clings to cracks and crevices very high up in limestone cliffs.
One of the two populations is protected within Eagle Gorge National Park, a limestone rock canyon in East Georgia. Beyond the national park protection its habitat and range have been limited by limestone quarrying.
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Endangered
The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.
IUCN Red List Status:
Not yet evaluatedData deficientLeast concernNear threatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically endangeredExtinct in the wildExtinct -
Banked in the MSBSeeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex