European leadwort
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The European leadwort ( Plumbago europaea ) is a species from the genus of the leadwort ( Plumbago ).
description
The perennial plant is a 30 to 100 cm high, 50 cm wide subshrub . Between July and October, hermaphroditic, pink to purple, occasionally white flowers , almost 1 cm long, sit on the mostly upright, sometimes sloping stems with their alternate, lanceolate, rough leaves .
The root is simple, long, white, strongly smelling, a finger thick and, in older plants, thickly branched.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 12.
distribution
This species is native to southern Europe , southeastern Europe , North Africa and the Caucasus and is only partially hardy . It prefers locations in full sun on light, dry soils, for example on roadsides or dry rocks.
Multiplication
The European leadwort reproduces via seeds.
use
According to Samuel Hahnemann, chewing the root is said to help against toothache, and rubbing it in with a tincture against skin diseases such as rashes or scabies.
photos
European leadwort ( Plumbago europaea ), habitus
European leadwort ( Plumbago europaea ), inflorescence
literature
- Samuel Hahnemann: Doctor's knowledge of medicinal products and member of some learned societies. Apothekerlexikon, first part first division: AE, first part second division: FK, second part first division: LP, second part second division: QZ, Siegfried Leberecht Crusius , Leipzig 1793, 1795, 1798, 1799.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plumbago europaea at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Plumbago in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
