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Pulmonaria
Sign in to savePulmonaria (lungwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species (P. mollissima) east to central Asia. According to various estimates there may be between 10 and 18 species found in the wild.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
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Research
201 papers- Sticta Pulmonaria.The Homoeopathic physician · 1889
- Epiphytes as leading indicators of climate and other changes. A commentary on 'Interactions of moisture and light drive lichen growth and the response to climate change scenarios - experimental evidence for Lobaria pulmonaria'.Annals of botany · 2024
- Topography of UV-Melanized Thalli of Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- Gene expression responses to thermal shifts in the endangered lichen Lobaria pulmonaria.Molecular ecology · 2022
- Melanins from the Lichens Lobaria pulmonaria and Lobaria retigera as Eco-Friendly Adsorbents of Synthetic Dyes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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Pulmonaria (lungwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species (P. mollissima) east to central Asia. According to various estimates there may be between 10 and 18 species found in the wild.
==Description== thumb|Arrangement of flowers thumb|Detail of P. officinalis flowers Lungworts are evergreen or herbaceous perennials that form clumps or rosettes. They are covered in hairs of varied length and stiffness, and sometimes also bear glands. The underground parts consist of a slowly creeping rhizome with adventitious roots. Flowering stems are unbranched, rough, covered with bristly hairs, usually not exceeding , with a few exceptions (P. mollis, P. vallarsae). The stems are usually upright, or slightly spreading. The plants reach in height, spreading up to wide.