PLANTS Profile for Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (blue leadwood)

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PLANTS Profile

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge
blue leadwood

Symbol:

CEPL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plumbaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge

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Synonyms:
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge

PLLA5

Plumbago larpentiae Lindl.

Distribution:
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (DC, MO)

Related Taxa:
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge

View 4 genera in Plumbaginaceae, 2 species in Ceratostigma

Classification:
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Plumbaginales
Family	Plumbaginaceae – Leadwort family
Genus	Ceratostigma Bunge – ceratostigma
Species	Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge – blue leadwood

Introduced Information:
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501367.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 01:27 PM CDT