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Frances, nice to have such a pretty wand of campanula bloom so late in the season. Not familiar with the name Campanula makaschvilii, I looked it up; listed as a species from the Caucasus in Graham Nicholls "Dwarf Campanulas" book, stating "it resembles a smaller less hairy C. alliariifolia", and The Plant List considers it a synonym of C. alliariifolia. Here are a few links to photos of C. alliariifolia.

http://www.robsplants.com/plants/CampaAllia
http://jardinsmichelcorbeil.com/images/camp.%20alliar.jpg
http://luirig.altervista.org/cpm/albums/bot-units04/campanula-alliariifolia1512.jpg

My guess is your plant is actually Campanula punctata, particularly the form going around as C. takesimana, considered a synonym of C. punctata by both Graham Nicholls and The Plant List. I've grown many forms of C. punctata, which took me a decade to eradicate (mostly), but I fear I have lost the battle with C. "takesimana"; the only way to deal with it invading my lawn and garden and surrounding woods, will be to move to a new location. It is most floriferous, with voluminous showers of big white pink-tinged bells, a beautiful plant but an aggressive invader all the same. I consider this the most invasive plant I have ever witnessed in my near half century gardening in New England. The slightest piece of the stringy white roots and runners left behind when digging out the plant, gleefully sprout many new plants. The dust like seed wind-disperse far and wide, germinating most anywhere too. So watch your plant very carefully for signs of spreading, you might want to take drastic action.

Campanula "takesimana" seeded into a lawn area, then spread into an are under a large Katsura tree. I've not been able to eradicate it once it gets into the lawn, it has been impossible to remove when entwined through the tough surface roots of the Katsura tree.

Campanula "takesimana" will show some variation in color (white through pinkish and lavender shades), degree of color spotting, flower shape and degree of petal tip flaring. Beautiful in flower, but I shudder when I see the wands of bloom, and all the seed and runners it'll be making.

Campanula punctata alba, that sowed itself in front of the stone wall that fronts my property and the street. There are numerous color deep forms of punctata, all are beautiful, all are to be avoided. Even when grown in pots, the roots will come out of the drainage holes and invade any nearly soil medium.