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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Pulmonaria saccharata A.jpg
|genus = Pulmonaria
|species = saccharata
|authority = Mill. (1768)
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'''''Pulmonaria saccharata''''', the '''Bethlehem lungwort'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PUSA2|taxon=Pulmonaria saccharata|accessdate=16 October 2015}}</ref> or '''Bethlehem sage''', is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of [[Biology:Flowering plant|flowering plant]] in the family [[Biology:Boraginaceae|Boraginaceae]], [[Earth:Native plant|native]] to France and Italy. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous [[Biology:Perennial|perennial]] which is closely related to the common lungwort (''[[Biology:Pulmonaria officinalis|Pulmonaria officinalis]]''). Growing to {{convert|10|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|60|cm|0|abbr=on}} wide, it has lance-shaped leaves with white confluent spots, and pink or white flowers in spring.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref>

The [[Biology:Botanical name#Binary name|specific epithet]] ''saccharata'' means sugared, and refers to the spotted surface of the leaves.<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}</ref>

==Cultivation==
''Pulmonaria saccharata'' is hardy in all of Europe down to {{convert|-20|C|F|abbr=on}}. It prefers shaded, nutrient-rich, moist, well-drained soil. Numerous cultivars have been developed, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
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*Argentea Group<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pulmonaria saccharata'' Argentea Group|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/98771/Pulmonaria-saccharata-Argentea-Group/Details | access-date = 17 February 2021}}</ref>
*'Cotton Cool'<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/154961/Pulmonaria-Cotton-Cool/Details | title = ''Pulmonaria'' 'Cotton Cool' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 17 February 2021}}</ref>  
*'Lewis Palmer'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pulmonaria saccharata'' 'Lewis Palmer'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/94000/Pulmonaria-Lewis-Palmer/Details | access-date = 17 February 2021}}</ref> 
*'Sissinghurst White'<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Pulmonaria saccharata'' 'Sissinghurst White'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/137190/Pulmonaria-Sissinghurst-White/Details | access-date = 17 February 2021}}</ref> 
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