Lithospermum fruticosum

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Read about Lithospermum fruticosum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lithospermum fruticosum, Linn. (L.prostratum, Lois.). Gentian-blue Gromwell. Subshrub, dwarf, trailing or prostrate, evergreen: lvs. lanceolate-linear, margin somewhat revolute: fls. deep blue striped red-violet, in terminal leafy spikes; tube of corolla pubescent outside, densely villous at apex, much exceeding the calyx. S. Eu. Gn. 45, p. 135. J.H. 111.32:475. G.C. III. 30:238. G.M.57:455. G.36:619. H.U. II 7:38.—Correvon states that L. prostratum, which comes from the W. Pyrenees, is different from L. fruticosum; it is a low running species rather than erect- growing (as he defines L. fruticosum to be), covering the soil, and the lvs. are more lanceolate, shorter, broader, and reflexed at the edges: it is destroyed by limestone, which is not the case with L. fruticosum. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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