Common Lungwort

Pulmonaria officinalis

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Boraginales

Family:

Boraginaceae (Borage)

Also in this family:

Borage, Bugloss, Changing Forget-me-not, Common Gromwell, Creeping Comfrey, Field Forget-me-not, Green Alkanet, Houndstongue, Russian Comfrey, Siberian Bugloss, Viper's Bugloss, Water Forget-me-not, Wood Forget-me-not

Type:

Flower

Maximum Size:

30 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Gardens, hedgerows, roadsides, woodland.

Flower:

Blue, 5 petals

Reddish clusters of hairy bell-shaped flowers, often turning bluish, up to 1cm in length. Broad sepals.

Fruit:

Shiny, flat nutlets.

Leaves:

Semi-evergreen. Large, downy, oval, pointed and sometimes narrowing at their bases. The leaves are pale-spotted.

Other Names:

Bethlehem Sage, Blue Lungwort, Common Lungwort, Jerusalem Cowslip, Jerusalem-sage, Joseph and Mary, Lungmoss, Maple Lungwort, Mary's Tears, Oak Lungs, Our Lady's Milk Drops, Soldiers and Sailors, Spotted Comfrey, Spotted Dog, Spotted Lungwort.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen

Distribution Map

Reproduced by kind permission of the BSBI.

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