Legousia speculum-veneris

European looking glass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Genus:	Legousia
Species:	L. speculum-veneris
Binomial name
Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix

Legousia speculum-veneris, the looking glass^[1] or large Venus's-looking-glass,^[2] is an annual ornamental plant in the Campanulaceae (bellflower) family. 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-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

1. "Legousia speculum-veneris". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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

External links

• USDA Plants Profile: Legousia speculum-veneris