Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Pulmonaria saccharata Mill. |
Bibliography | Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768) |
Native Range | se. France to n. & c. Apennines |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | summer leaves gradually tapered to petiole, conspicuously white variegate, finely shortly hirsute, setose and glandular |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | reddish violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | ind |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Pulmonaria angustifolia var. confusa (Rouy) P.Fourn. Pulmonaria azurea ssp. vulgaris (Mérat) Corb. Pulmonaria confusa Rouy Pulmonaria grandiflora DC. Pulmonaria officinalis ssp. saccharata (Mill.) Arcang. Pulmonaria vulgaris Mérat |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |