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Plumbago auriculata - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Plumbago auriculata - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Plumbago auriculata - Flowers, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flowers, side view; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Plumbago auriculata - Branch with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Plumbago auriculata - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Plumbago auriculata - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1191
Date of entry: 25.09.2009
Last update: 11.02.2020

Common name

English: Cape Leadwort

German: Kap-Bleiwurz

Mandarin: 蓝花丹 (lán huā dān)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2603)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2116)

      Order: Caryophyllales (117)

        Family: Plumbaginaceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Plumbago (2)

            Epithet: auriculata Lam. (3)

auriculata => ear-shaped

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: blue, white

External links

Check for Plumbago auriculata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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