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Lithodora
Sign in to saveLithodora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to southwestern Europe, southern Greece, Turkey and Algeria. They are low-growing, evergreen shrubs and subshrubs, producing 5-lobed blue or white flowers. The Greek literally means "stone gift", referring to the plant's preferred rocky habitats. The genus Glandora was split from Lithodora in 2008.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 26
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Collections
- MEL, COLO, B, BG
- Recorded in
- Portugal, United States, France, Spain, Gibraltar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Boraginaceae
- Image
- Lithodora fruticosa M1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lithodora
- topic's main category
- Category:Lithodora
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Lithodora
- taxon common name
- 木紫草属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Lithodora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to southwestern Europe, southern Greece, Turkey and Algeria. They are low-growing, evergreen shrubs and subshrubs, producing 5-lobed blue or white flowers. The Greek literally means "stone gift", referring to the plant's preferred rocky habitats. The genus Glandora was split from Lithodora in 2008.
Lithodora species are often cultivated as ornamental plants which are especially suited to rock gardens or raised beds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lithodora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.