PLANTS Profile for Plumbago auriculata (Cape leadwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Plumbago auriculata Lam.
Cape leadwort

Symbol:

PLAU6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Plumbaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub
Forb/herb
Vine

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Plumbago capensis

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Images:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.

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Synonyms:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.

PLCA9

Plumbago capensis Thunb.

Distribution:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, FL, HI, LA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.

View 4 genera in Plumbaginaceae, 4 species in Plumbago

Classification:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Plumbaginales
Family	Plumbaginaceae – Leadwort family
Genus	Plumbago L. – leadwort
Species	Plumbago auriculata Lam. – Cape leadwort

Introduced Information:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Plumbago auriculata Lam.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504462.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 05:37 AM MDT