Lithodora

<i>Lithodora</i>

Lithodora

Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae

Lithodora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to southwestern Europe, southern Greece, Turkey and Algeria. They are low-growing, evergreen shrubs and subshrubs, producing 5-lobed blue or white flowers.[1] The Greek lithodora literally means "stone gift", referring to the plant's preferred rocky habitats.[2] The genus Glandora was split from Lithodora in 2008.[3]

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Lithodora species are often cultivated as ornamental plants which are especially suited to rock gardens or raised beds.[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:

  • Lithodora fruticosa (L.) Griseb.
  • Lithodora hancockiana (Oliv.) Hand.-Mazz.
  • Lithodora hispidula (Sm.) Griseb.
  • Lithodora zahnii (Heldr. ex Halácsy) I.M.Johnst.

References

  1. [1]
    RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1-4053-3296-5.
  2. [2]
    Coombes, Allen J. (2012). The A to Z of plant names. USA: Timber Press. pp. 312. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
  3. [3]
    Ferrero, V.; Arroyo, J.; Castro, S.; Navarro, L. (2012). "Unusual heterostyly: Style dimorphism and self-incompatibility are not tightly associated in Lithodora and Glandora (Boraginaceae)". Annals of Botany. 109 (3): 655–665. doi:10.1093/aob/mcr222. PMC 3278292. PMID 21985797.


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