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| name = ''Ceratostigma''
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| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
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| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
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| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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| color = IndianRed
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| image = Ceratostigma plumbaginoides0.jpg
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| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = Caryophyllales
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| familia = Plumbaginaceae
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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.
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 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.
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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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.L. H. B.
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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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{{Taxobox
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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Ceratostigma''
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| image = Ceratostigma plumbaginoides0.jpg
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| image_width = 240px
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
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| familia = [[Plumbaginaceae]]
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| genus = '''''Ceratostigma'''''
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| genus_authority = Bunge
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
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| subdivision = See text
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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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==Cultivation==
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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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==Species==
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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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*''[[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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''C. plumbaginoides'' is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its pale blue flowers and bright red autumn leaves.
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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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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==External links==
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[[Category:Categorize]]
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[[Category:Plumbaginaceae]]
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