Flower; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flowers; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flowers, side view; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Branch with flowers; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Pretoria National Botanical Garden, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1191 Date of entry: 25.09.2009 Last update: 11.02.2020
English: Cape Leadwort
German: Kap-Bleiwurz
Mandarin: 蓝花丹 (lán huā dān)
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Caryophyllales (123)
Family: Plumbaginaceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Plumbago (2)
Epithet: auriculata Lam. (3)
auriculata => ear-shaped
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: blue, white
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