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Plumbago europaea

European Leadwort

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Common name

European Leadwort.

Scientific name

Plumbago europaea L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Perennial herbaceous plant, stems are 30-110 см tall. Calyx 5-8 mm long, tubular, with 5 short triangular teeth and broad, glandular hair-covered, anthocyanin colored ribs, thinly membranous between them. Corolla pale violet, tubular, up to 1.5 times longer than calyx; its lobes obovate, rounded or shallowly incised. Flowering July-September¹.

Habitat

On dry stony, often ruderalized places, on silicate and calcareous terrain².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Map of distribution in Bulgaria of Plumbago europaea by floristic regions³:

General distribution

Map of general distribution⁴:

References

1 Анчев, М. 1982. В: Флора на Народна Република България, том VIII, София.

2 Анчев, М. 1982.

3 Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov, R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation, Sofia.

4 Plumbago europaea L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.

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