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| name = ''Ceratostigma''
 
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| color = IndianRed
 
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| regnum = Plantae
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| familia = [[Plumbaginaceae]]
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| ordo = Caryophyllales
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| genus = '''''Ceratostigma'''''
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| familia = Plumbaginaceae
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| genus_authority = Bunge
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| genus = Ceratostigma
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Ceratostigma (Greek, horned stigma). Plumbaginaceae. Diffuse glabrous perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, one of which is in cultivation as a bedding and border plant.
  
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'''''Ceratostigma''''' ('''Leadwort''') (from the Greek word "Κερατόστιγμα") is a genus of eight species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Plumbaginaceae]], native to warm temperate to tropical regions of [[Africa]] and [[Asia]].
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Ceratostigma differs from Plumbago in having no glands on the calyx, stamens adnate to the corolla tube, fls. in dense clusters rather than spicate, and other technical characters: lvs. alternate, lanceolate or obovate, more or less ciliate: fls. mostly in terminal heads, blue or rose; calyx tubular, deeply 5-parted, the lobes narrow; corolla salver-shaped, the tube long and slender, the limb spreading and with 5 obovate obtuse or retuse lobes; stamens 5, attached on the corolla tube: fr. a 5-valved caps, inclosed in the calyx. — Species 4 or 5, in N. China, Himalayas, Abyssinia.
  
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They are [[herbaceous]] plants, [[subshrub]]s, or small [[shrub]]s growing to 0.3-1 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are spirally arranged, simple, 1-9 cm long, usually with a hairy margin. Some of the species are [[evergreen]], others [[deciduous]]. The [[flower]]s are produced in a compact [[inflorescence]], each flower with a five-lobed [[corolla]]; flower colour varies from pale to dark blue to red-purple. The [[fruit]] is a small bristly [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] containing a single [[seed]].
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Under the name C. Polhilli, a dwarf and creeping shrub, with delicate lavender fls.; is mentioned in British journals as coming from high elevations in W. China and giving promise as an outdoor subject.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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===Pests and diseases===
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*''[[Ceratostigma abyssinicum]]'' (Hochst.) Schwein. & Asch.
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*''[[Ceratostigma griffithii]]'' C.B.Clarke
 
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*''[[Ceratostigma minus]]'' Stapf ex Prain
 
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*''[[Ceratostigma plumbaginoides]]'' Bunge
 
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*''[[Ceratostigma ulicinum]]'' Prain
 
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*''[[Ceratostigma willmottianum]]'' Stapf
 
  
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===Cultivation and uses===
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==Species==
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''C. plumbaginoides'' is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its pale blue flowers and bright red autumn leaves.
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*''[[Ceratostigma abyssinicum]]''
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*''[[Ceratostigma griffithii]]''
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*''[[Ceratostigma minus]]''
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*''[[Ceratostigma plumbaginoides]]''
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*''[[Ceratostigma ulicinum]]''
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*''[[Ceratostigma willmottianum]]''
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==Gallery==
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==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106206 Flora of China: ''Ceratostigma'']
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Scientific Names

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Read about Ceratostigma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ceratostigma (Greek, horned stigma). Plumbaginaceae. Diffuse glabrous perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, one of which is in cultivation as a bedding and border plant.

Ceratostigma differs from Plumbago in having no glands on the calyx, stamens adnate to the corolla tube, fls. in dense clusters rather than spicate, and other technical characters: lvs. alternate, lanceolate or obovate, more or less ciliate: fls. mostly in terminal heads, blue or rose; calyx tubular, deeply 5-parted, the lobes narrow; corolla salver-shaped, the tube long and slender, the limb spreading and with 5 obovate obtuse or retuse lobes; stamens 5, attached on the corolla tube: fr. a 5-valved caps, inclosed in the calyx. — Species 4 or 5, in N. China, Himalayas, Abyssinia.

Under the name C. Polhilli, a dwarf and creeping shrub, with delicate lavender fls.; is mentioned in British journals as coming from high elevations in W. China and giving promise as an outdoor subject.CH


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