Pulmonaria angustifolia L.

Blue Cowslip

Boraginaceae

Taxonomy

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not family)
Genus: Pulmonaria (Lungwort)

Synonyms

Pulmonaria angustifolia
Pulmonaria angustifolia subsp. azurea
Pulmonaria angustifolia subsp. tuberosa
Pulmonaria azurea
Pulmonaria tuberosa

Related species

Pulmonaria angustifolia L. - Blue Cowslip
Pulmonaria mollis Hornem. - Sticky Lungwort
Pulmonaria collina W. Sauer - Hill Lungwort
Pulmonaria montana Lej. - Mountain Lungwort
Pulmonaria officinalis L. - Lungwort
Pulmonaria obscura Dumort. - Suffolk Lungwort

Traits


    10–30 cm tall. flowers: reddish, bluish or violet. fauces-scales: developed as hirsute stripes or sulci. calyx: 5‑leaved; at maturity: enlarged, cross-section rounded. sepals: incised to 50 %. calyx-lobes: broad oval to 3‑angular. styli: originating between the segme...

    You find the complete description in our identification books.

Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Pulmonaria angustifolia

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.


Distribution in Germany

Pulmonaria angustifolia

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Pulmonaria angustifolia

Pulmonaria angustifolia

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery

  • in periodically wet habitats

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