Flower; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Flower, side view; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Lower surface of leaf; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Alvor, Algarve, Portugal; 6/2010 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1531 Date of entry: 20.01.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Common leadwort
German: Europäischer Bleiwurz
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Plumbaginales (12)
Family: Plumbaginaceae (12)(family description)
Genus: Plumbago (2)
Epithet: europaea L. (3)
europaea => from Europe
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink
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