| Lithospermum zollingeri, A. DC. Perennial, with ascending sts., 4-6 in., silky-hairy: lvs. oval-oblong, usually mucronate, attenuate at base: fls. few, probably purple, the corolla nearly ½ in. long; corolla-tube cylindrical-funnelform, twice longer than calyx; lobes of calyx linear, pilose. Java, but not since found there according to Koorders.—The plant in the trade under this name is said to make tufts of very rough glistening foliage, with sky-blue fls.: adapted to front-row of borders and large rockeries (in England). | | Lithospermum zollingeri, A. DC. Perennial, with ascending sts., 4-6 in., silky-hairy: lvs. oval-oblong, usually mucronate, attenuate at base: fls. few, probably purple, the corolla nearly ½ in. long; corolla-tube cylindrical-funnelform, twice longer than calyx; lobes of calyx linear, pilose. Java, but not since found there according to Koorders.—The plant in the trade under this name is said to make tufts of very rough glistening foliage, with sky-blue fls.: adapted to front-row of borders and large rockeries (in England). |
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