WorldFloraDB - Pulmonaria officinalis

Characteristics

A perennial herb. It grows 25-30 cm high and 30-45 cm wide. The leaves are heart-shaped and spotted. They are 15 cm long. The flowers change from pink to violet then blue.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

barochory myrmecochory

Mature width (meter)

0.2 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.25 - 0.3

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It will grow in most soils. It needs a protected and partly shady position. It is frost hardy. It is sensitive to drought. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.

More

Moist grasslands, damp woods and hedgerows in Britain, avoiding acid soils. Usually found on limestone.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The young leaves near the base are used for salads or boiled as potherbs or added to soups and stews. An extract of the herb is used to flavour vermouth.

Uses	environmental use medicinal potherb seasoning wood
Edible	leaves nectars
Therapeutic use	Demulcent (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Antiseptic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown by seed or by division.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	30 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°)	16 - 20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-