Ceratostigma willmottianum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
Genus: | Ceratostigma |
Species: | C. willmottianum
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Binomial name | |
Ceratostigma willmottianum |
Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese plumbago, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet. [2] It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red. [3]
Ceratostigma is derived from Greek, meaning 'horned stigma'. This is in reference to the 'shape of the stigmatic surface'. [4]
The specific epithet willmottianum was named for Miss Ellen Ann Willmott (1858-1934), a keen gardener and plant introducer from Warley Place, Essex, UK. [4]
Ceratostigma willmottianum is cultivated as a garden plant, valued for its late season red leaves and rich blue flowers. Both the species [1] and the cultivar Forest Blue = 'Lice' [5] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [6] There is also a cultivar with yellow foliage, Desert Skies = 'Palmgold'. [7]
Ceratostigma willmottianum | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
Genus: | Ceratostigma |
Species: | C. willmottianum
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Binomial name | |
Ceratostigma willmottianum |
Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese plumbago, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet. [2] It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red. [3]
Ceratostigma is derived from Greek, meaning 'horned stigma'. This is in reference to the 'shape of the stigmatic surface'. [4]
The specific epithet willmottianum was named for Miss Ellen Ann Willmott (1858-1934), a keen gardener and plant introducer from Warley Place, Essex, UK. [4]
Ceratostigma willmottianum is cultivated as a garden plant, valued for its late season red leaves and rich blue flowers. Both the species [1] and the cultivar Forest Blue = 'Lice' [5] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [6] There is also a cultivar with yellow foliage, Desert Skies = 'Palmgold'. [7]