Trachelium caeruleum L.

English: Blue Throatwort

German: Blaue Halskraut

Portuguese: Flôr-de-viúva

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Campanulales (19)

        Family: Campanulaceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Trachelium (1)

            Epithet: caeruleum L. (1)

Synonym: Trachelium azureum Gouan

azureum => deep blue

caeruleum => sky blue, true blue

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

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• [35] Barthlott,W. (1998): Dumonts große Pflanzenenzyklopädie. Dumont Verlag, Köln, Germany.
• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.