Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 361

Genus ja:

Genus en: Lungwort

# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 2 (from names table)

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Boraginaceae

Family ja: ムラサキ

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Distribution en:

Description en: Genus of about 14 species of deciduous or evergreen, low-growing perennials, with slowly spreading rhizomes. They are found in Europe and Asia, on acid to alkaline soils in a wide range of habitats, including mountainous areas, moist, subalpine woodland, and streamsides. They are grown for their early flowers, often among the first perennial blooms, in late winter or spring, and for their simple, ovate to elliptic or oblong, hairy basal leaves, which are often attractively spotted white or silver. The stem leaves are few, smaller, and more or less stalk-less. Regular, funnel-shaped flowers, 5-10mm (1/4-1/2in) across, with 5 spreading lobes, are borne in terminal cymes; the flowers may be pink, red, violet, purple, blue, or white, with either long (pin) or short (thrum) styles; blue, purple, or violet flowers may often be pink in bud. After flowering, new "summer" leaves develop, showing the markings at their best. Lungworts are good ground-cover plants for a shady position: grow in woodland, among shrubs, in a wild garden, or at the front of a border. They are attractive to bees.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy.

Cultivation en:

Propagation en: Sow seed in containers outdoors as soon as ripe. Lungworts hybridize freely in cultivation, and plants raised from seed of species in gardens often do not come true. Divide after flowering, or in autumn. Take root cuttings in midwinter.

Pests en: Prone to powdery mildew in dry conditions. Slugs and snails may damage new growth.

Description ja:

Comment: Europe

Comment ja: プルモナリア

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57