indentify volunteer flower?

Can anyone I.D. this plant that appeared in our woodland garden in central North Carolina?

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The plant produced a rosette of leaves last year, vanished during the winter, and reappeared with a 3-4 foot stem this year. It gets some sun around mid-day but is otherwise shaded by mature deciduous trees. I have no idea whether it is a wildflower or an escaped garden variety.

I suspect it might be a Campanula or something similar, but I can't find anything that matches exactly.

Thanks.

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Myrmecodia
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Looks loke Campanula rapunculoides

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Twobtold

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gregpresley

Thanks for the information. Most of the photos I found of C. rapunculoides showed leaves with much smaller "teeth" than our plant. Is that a variable trait? If it is C. rapunculoides, I'll certainly try to eradicate it. I wouldn't want it to choke out the Tipularia discolor and Stylophorum diphyllum

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Myrmecodia

I just looked at some more pics of Campanula rapunculoides. They all show a plant with flowers widely spaced on a long terminal inflorescence. My plant has flowers in clusters at the leaf axils along the length of the stem.

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Myrmecodia

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