Plumbago
Sign in to savePlumbago is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus Ceratostigma).
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- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPlumbaginaceae
Plumbago wissii Friedr. – gatunek rośliny z rodziny ołownicowatych (Plumbaginaceae Juss.). Występuje naturalnie w Południowej Afryce oraz Namibii.
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Plumbago is a genus of 23 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus Ceratostigma).
==Description== thumb|Plumbago indica thumb|Plumbago zeylanica The species include herbaceous plants and shrubs growing to tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, entire, long, with a tapered base and often with a hairy margin. The flowers are white, blue, purple, red, or pink, with a tubular corolla with five petal-like lobes; they are produced in racemes.