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Pulmonaria officinalis L.  
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FamilyBORAGINACEAE
Genus speciesPulmonaria officinalis L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 135 (1753)
Native RangeEurope
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Descriptionsummer leaves cordate, distinctly white variegate, uniformly setose, flowers in terminal, bracteate, glandular hirsute cyme
Size10-35cm
Colorblue
Bloomearly spring
Caind
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C
division in fall; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsPulmonaria alpina Mill.
Pulmonaria cordatofolia Gilib.
Pulmonaria gallorum Gueldenst.
Pulmonaria maculata F.Dietr.
Pulmonaria maculosa Liebl.
Pulmonaria mollis Ten.
Pulmonaria officinalis var. maculosa (Liebl.) Krock
Pulmonaria officinalis ssp. maculosa (Liebl.) Gams
Pulmonaria officinalis var. ovalis Bastard
Pulmonaria officinalis var. stricta Boenn.
Pulmonaria pauciflora Gilib.
Pulmonaria tridentina Evers
Pulmonaria vulgaris Holandre
Territory1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, SWE Sweden)
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, UKR Ukraine)
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