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Pulmonaria

Pulmonaria saccharata

Photo by RiekoS
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Field Notes

Description:

Pulmonaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia. - from Wikipedia

The nutlets are smooth, egg-shaped, brownish, up to 4.5 mm long and 3 mm wide, each containing a single seed. Up to four nutlets per flower are produced, ripening mostly in summer.

Notes:

I love multiple colors of flowers.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
RiekoS
Thank you Hema. Beautiful color combination. I discovered that the leaves are edible.
HemaShah
Glad you found Id on this. I thought that it could have been something in the borage family . lovely combo of colors!
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PublishedApril 29, 2015

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