Erinus
Sign in to saveErinus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae (previously in the family Scrophulariaceae), native to stony mountainous sites in North Africa and southern Europe. Some members of the genus have been cultivated as ornamental plants, particularly Erinus alpinus, for which a number of different cultivars are available.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Garden Lobelia
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyPlantaginaceae
Observations11,112
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- Parent taxon
- Plantaginaceae
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Erinus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae (previously in the family Scrophulariaceae), native to stony mountainous sites in North Africa and southern Europe. Some members of the genus have been cultivated as ornamental plants, particularly Erinus alpinus, for which a number of different cultivars are available.
==Species== Erinus alpinus Erinus thiabaudii