Asyneuma compactum is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family (Campanulaceae) that grows exclusively in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey. This perennial alpine plant forms compact cushions of leaves in rocky, windswept habitats at elevations between 1,600 and 2,700 metres. It produces distinctive deep violet-blue flowers with petals that separate almost completely, a characteristic that distinguishes its genus from related bellflowers. The species exists in two varieties: the typical form (var. compactum) which prefers drier exposed sites, and var. eriocarpum, identified in 2000, which grows in more sheltered areas near melting snow with better soil conditions.

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