Biology:Ceratostigma willmottianum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Plumbaginaceae |
| Genus: | Ceratostigma |
| Species: | C. willmottianum
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| Ceratostigma willmottianum Stapf
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Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese plumbago,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet.[2] It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red.[3]
Etymology
Ceratostigma is derived from Greek, meaning 'horned stigma’. This is in reference to the ‘shape of the stigmatic surface’.[4]
The specific epithet willmottianum was named for Miss Ellen Ann Willmott (1858-1934), a keen gardener and plant introducer from Warley Place, Essex, UK.[4]
Cultivation
Ceratostigma willmottianum is cultivated as a garden plant, valued for its late season red leaves and rich blue flowers. Both the species[1] and the cultivar Forest Blue = 'Lice'[5] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6] There is also a cultivar with yellow foliage, Desert Skies = 'Palmgold'.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "RHS Plantfinder - Ceratostigma willmottianum". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/3411/i-Ceratostigma-willmottianum-i/Details. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Ceratostigma willmottianum Stapf". The Plant List (published on the internet). 2012. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000596561. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ↑ Kristo Pienaar (1 August 2003). South African 'What Flower Is That'?. Struik. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-1-86872-441-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FnzKHkT89QwC&pg=PA81. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN:9780521685535 (paperback). pp 99, 407
- ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Ceratostigma willmottianum Forest Blue = ‘Lice’". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/104459/i-Ceratostigma-willmottianum-i-Font-Face-times-New-Roman-Forest-Blue-FONT-Lice-sup-(PBR)-sup/Details. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 17. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ↑ "Ceratostigma willmottianum Desert Skies ('Palmgold')". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/162465/ceratostigma-willmottianum-desert-skies-(-palmgold-pbr)/details. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q1073831 entry
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