Plumbago europaea L.

Plombago (fr), Dentelaire d'Europe (fr), Plumbago d'Europe (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Plumbaginaceae > Plumbago

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry rocks, hills, maritime sands, roadsides etc.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Dentistry (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Erysipelas (unspecified), Rubefacient (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Plumbago europaea habit picture by christophe gorla (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea habit picture by Manfred Jensen (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea habit picture by Béatrice Escande (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Plumbago europaea leaf picture by Prieta Javier (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea leaf picture by Anthony VALET (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea leaf picture by Monica Blackhall (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Plumbago europaea flower picture by Patrick Simon Debauque (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea flower picture by Luis Almeda (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea flower picture by Angel Blasco (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Plumbago europaea fruit picture by Ana Ostojić (cc-by-sa)
Plumbago europaea fruit picture by Pierfrancesco Burrato (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Plumbago europaea world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, North Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:687068-1
WFO ID wfo-0000487103
COL ID 4KJ8X
BDTFX ID 50207
INPN ID 114080
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Plumbago europaea