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Narrow-leaved Lungwort
Pulmonaria longifolia
Pulmonaria longifolia, the narrow-leaved lungwort, is a semi-evergreen clump-forming herbaceous perennial plant, native to western Europe, including Britain, France, Spain, Portugal. It grows in semi-shaded habitats, such as woodland and scrub, to 2000 m above sea level.
The stems are upright, 20–40 cm (rarely to 60 cm), not scaly at base, covered with bristly and some glandular hairs. The basal leaves are up to 40–60 centimetres (16–24 in) long and 6 centimetres (2.4 in) wide, narrowly lanceolate, gradually narrowed into a stalk, upper surface usually spotted white or pale green. The stem leaves are lanceolate or oval-lanceolate, stalkless, half-clasping the stem.
From the article Pulmonaria longifolia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
How it is grown
In the garden, P. longifolia is hardy to hardiness zone 5. It prefers light shade but tolerates sun better than most pulmonarias, and will not do well in heavy shade. Can be grown on very heavy clay soil. The following cultivars are available:
'Ankum' (syn. 'Coen Jansen') – a compact mound-forming plant with small, bright violet-blue flowers, and narrow, very silvery leaves with wavy margins. 'Bertram Anderson' – with smallish vivid blue flowers, and long, narrow, silver-spotted leaves. 'Dordogne' – with blue flowers carried on upright stems, large lanceolate leaves, spotted silver-white. Other Pulmonaria cultivars related to this species include 'Merlin', 'Roy Davidson', 'Weetwood Blue'.
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 245678.