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Mist-bell Herb Nebulocampa campanulata
Specimen · N°004 · Mist · ▶ Film

Nebulocampa campanulata

This flower makes no sound.

FOUND 38.5°N 28.0°W · Highland peat bog of the Azores  ·  ✝ EX · Last seen 2017

A small perennial about 12–16 cm tall. It barely raises its short blackish-brown stem, arranging thick silver-grey triangular leaves in a star rosette near the ground. Each plant bears a single pale yellow-white urn-shaped flower, narrowed at the tip and fringed with fine hairs that catch the fog. Before dawn, when droplets gather inside, a bell-like outline briefly shows through.

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Moving Image

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MOTION CLIP

This flower makes no sound.

This footage was made vertical (9:16) and is also published on social media. The archive keeps it in its original ratio.

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Specimen Plates

8 plates · click to play
Mist-bell Herb plate 1PLATE I
Mist-bell Herb plate 2PLATE II
Mist-bell Herb plate 3PLATE III
Mist-bell Herb plate 4PLATE IV
Mist-bell Herb plate 5PLATE V
Mist-bell Herb plate 6PLATE VI
Mist-bell Herb plate 7PLATE VII
Mist-bell Herb plate 8PLATE VIII
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Field Note

Habitat
Highland peat bog of the Azores. At the end of early summer it is found only in hollows of black volcanic rock where sea fog settles thickly before dawn.
Local name
Little Bell of the Mist
Folklore
Locally it has been a mark of the bog that appears only after three nights of fog. Mornings when it was found warned that the peat's water had risen and old trails would sink — a cue to stay out of the marsh.
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Locator

Coordinates
38.5°N 28.0°W
Highland peat bog of the Azores
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Record

Narration
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This flower makes no sound.

Yet locally it has been called a bell.

The highland bog of the Azores.

Before dawn, as sea fog settles into hollows of black volcanic rock, the Mist-bell Herb appears.

Its silver-grey leaves lie flat to the ground in a star.

At their centre, a single pale yellow-white urn-shaped flower opens.

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Classification

Classification & specimen data
Scientific name
Nebulocampa campanulata  L. Fontaine, 2010
Taxonomy
Plantae › Angiosperms › Dicotyledons › Nebulocampales › Nebulocampaceae › Nebulocampa › campanulata
Voucher
AVF-004 · Holotype
Archive of Vanished Flora (AVF)
Conservation
✝ EX — Extinct Last seen 2017
Collector
E. Mori
2010-05-02
Synonym
Nebulocampopsis campanulata R. Salvà, 2008
Protologue (Latin)
Herba parva rosulata, foliis crassis glaberrimis, floribus parvis stellatis. Typus: Highland peat bog of the Azores. Species iam extincta.
Discovered / Described
2010 / 2010
Height
12〜16cm
Life form
Rosette perennial
Phyllotaxy
Basal (rosette)
Chromosome
2n = 22
Flowering
A few hours around dawn
Pollination
Nocturnal small moths
Substrate · pH
Acidic peat (pH 3.8〜4.5)
Elevation
0〜15 m
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Etymology

Etymology of the name
NebulocampaGENUS
nebuloMist
campanulataEPITHET
campanulbell-shaped
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