Scientific Name:
Plumbago auriculata
Pronunciation:
plum-BAY-go or-ick-you-LAY-tuh
Common Name:
blue plumbago, cape leadwort
Family Name:
Plumbaginaceae
Plant Type:
Annual (grown as), Vine or climber
Key ID Features:
Stems long and thin, climbing (or used as a groundcover potted annual plant); leaves alternate, oblong-spathulate, most 3-5cm long; flowers about 2cm wide, petals 5, pale blue.
Habit:
Horizontal, Spreading
Form:
Climbing, Creeping / Mat-like
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
3 - 5m
Mature Spread:
1.0 - 1.5m
Origin:
Africa (South Africa)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Container planting
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Shapes:
Oblong, Spatulate
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
Raceme, Corymb-like
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Salverform
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Blue, Violet
Flower Time at Peak:
Aug, Sep, Oct
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Oct
Additional Info:
Not showy
Bark or Stem Colour:
Propagation:
Seed, Greenwood cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)
