Moltkia petraea

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Moltkia petraea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Moltkia petraea, Boiss. (Lithospermum petraeum, A. DC. Echium peraetum, Tratt.), from southeastern Eu., is a good rock-plant, 6-8 in., more or less woody, hoary: lvs. to 1 ½ in. long, narrow-linear to linear-oblong, the margins recurved: fls. deep violet-blue, in simple forked or branching revolute cymes; corolla-tube twice as long as calyx; lobes erect, short and rounded; style slender, exserted. B.M. 5942. B.R. 29:26. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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