Moltkia (plant)

Moltkia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Boraginales
Family:Boraginaceae
Subfamily:Boraginoideae
Genus:Moltkia
Lehm.
Species

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Moltkia is a genus in the Boraginaceae family with about 9 species. They are herby semibushes (shrubs) with dark green hairy leaves and hanging groups of tube-shaped flowers. The species occur in the south of Europe and western Asia,where they are sparely hardy.

Moltkia petraea, an evergreen shrub, bearing alternate hairy leaves and blooms Lilac/blue tube-shaped hanging flowers in small groups and is found in the South of Europe. The hybrid Moltkia intermedia is bred from a crossing of the 2 species Moltkia petraea and Moltkia suffruticosa and blooms with dark blue hanging tube-shaped flowers in bunches.

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