Common name
English: Blue leadwood
German: Chinesische Bleiwurz
Mandarin: 蓝雪花 (lan xue hua)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2624)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2527)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2136)
Order: Caryophyllales (122)
Family: Plumbaginaceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Ceratostigma (1)
Epithet: plumbaginoides Bunge (1)
Synonyms: Plumbago larpentae Lindl., Plumbago larpentiae Lindl., Valoradia plumbaginoides (Bunge) Boiss.
larpentae => in honor of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent (1786-1855)
larpentiae => in honor of Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent (1786-1855)
plumbaginoides => resembling the genus Plumbago
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: blue
External links
Check for Ceratostigma plumbaginoides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1124] Ceratostigma plumbaginoides - Plants For A Future