Betony-leaved Rampion

Phyteuma betonicifolium are herbaceous perennial plants, growing to about 25–70 cm (9.8–27.6 in) tall. The stem is erect and simple, the upper third is usually glabrous. The basal leaves are long-stalked and their leaf blade is heart-shaped or rounded at the base, sharply and bluntly toothed and three to eight times as long as wide. The upper stem leaves are narrow-lanceolate and sessile. The underground part is a rhizome. The light blue-violet flowers are fivefold. They are produced in dense erect panicles, about 4–10 cm (1.6–3.9 in) long. The inflorescence is ovate-cylindrical. The bracts are narrow - lanceolate. The flowering period extends from June to August. The fruit is a capsule containing numerous small seeds.

Phyteuma betonicifolium occurs from France, Switzerland to Italy and from Germany to Austria to the former Yugoslavia.

The generic name (Phyteuma) derives from the Greek word "phyto" (= plant) and means: "what is planted", while the specific epithet (betonicifolium) means "with betonic leaves" (Betonica or Stachys is a genus of plants of the Lamiaceae family).