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Pulmonaria saccharata 'Gaelic Spring'

(Gaelic Spring Pulmonaria)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Gaelic Spring Pulmonaria

Description

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Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Pulmonaria

Herbs perennial , hirsute . Stems often unbranched. Basal leaves petiolate , large. Cymes terminal , bracteate . Flowers pedicellate . Calyx campanulate , 5-lobed, enlarged in fruit, subtending nutlet . Corolla violet-red or blue; tube ca. as long as calyx; throat unappendaged or with bundles of hairs ; limb spreading , 5-parted. Stamens included ; filaments extremely short; anthers oblong . Ovary 4-lobed. Style filiform ; stigma capitate, 2-cleft. Gynobase flat. Nutlets straight, ovoid , smooth , shiny, acutely keeled adaxially, apex obtuse ; attachment scar at base , slightly concave , margin ringlike, with umbilical tissue .

About 14 species: C Asia, Europe; one species in China.Allan D. Zimmerman & Bruce D. Parfitt "Pulmonaria". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 357. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Flowers: Dark pink flowers in April, May. The inflorescence is a terminal scorpioid cyme, with bracts. Flowers are heterostylous, with two distinct forms of flower within each species; those with short stamens and long styles and those with long stamens and short styles, with the former usually being larger and more showy. The calyx is hairy , 5-lobed, tubular or funnel-shaped, enlarging as the fruit ripens. The corolla is funnel-shaped and consists of a long, cylindrical tube and a limb with five shallow lobes . Within the corolla throat , five tufts of hairs alternate with the stamens to form a ring . The stamens and style are included within the corolla and not protruding.

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 10-12" tall.

Landscaping

Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance , remove old foliage before new leaves emerge . Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring .

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart. Propagate by dividing the root ball .

Soil: Likes average soil.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial to full shade.

Moisture: Water Requirements: Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Pulmonaria

There are approximately 293 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. 'Abbey Dore Pink' · P. 'Apple Frost' (Apple Frost Lungwort) · P. 'Baby Blue' (Bethelehem Sage) · P. 'Barfield Regalia' · P. 'Benediction' · P. 'Berries and Cream' (Lungwort) · P. 'Beth Chatto' · P. 'Beth's Blue' · P. 'Beth's Pink' · P. 'Blauhimmel' · P. 'Blue Buttons' · P. 'Blue Crown' · P. 'Blue Ensign' (Lungwort) · P. 'Blue Haze' · P. 'Blue Moon' · P. 'Blue Pearl' · P. 'Blueberry Muffin' · P. 'Bonnie' · P. 'Botanic Hybrid' · P. 'Brentnor' · P. 'British Sterling' · P. 'Bubble Gum' (Lungwort) · P. 'Buckland' · P. 'Cedric Morris' · P. 'Chintz' · P. 'Cleeton Red' · P. 'Coral Springs' · P. 'Corsage' · P. 'Cotton Cool' (Lungwort) · P. 'Crawshay Chance' · P. 'Dark Vader' (Dark Vader Bethelehem Sage) · P. 'Dawn Star' · P. 'De Vroomen's Pride' · P. 'Diana Clare' · P. 'Dora Bielefeld' (Lungwort) · P. 'Duke's Silver' · P. 'Elworthy Rubies' · P. 'Emerald Isles' (Lungwort) · P. 'Esther' · P. 'Excalibur' (Lungwort) · P. 'Fiona' · P. 'Gaelic Magic' (Gaelic Magic Lungwort) · P. 'Gavin Compton' · P. 'Glacier' · P. 'Glauei' · P. 'Golden Haze' · P. 'Hazel Kaye's Red' · P. 'High Contrast' (Lungwort) · P. 'Highdown' · P. 'Hollington Lace' · P. 'Ice Ballet' · P. 'Irish Spring' (Lungwort) · P. 'Janet Fisk' (Lungwort) · P. 'Joan's Red' · P. 'Johsons Blue' · P. 'Lambrook Silver' · P. 'Leopard' (Lungwort) · P. 'Lewis Palmer' · P. 'Lime Close' · P. 'Linford Blue' · P. 'Little Blue' · P. 'Little Star' (Longleaf Lungwort) · P. 'Lovell Blue' · P. 'Mado' · P. 'Majesté' (Lungwort) · P. 'Margaret Lawley' · P. 'Margery Fish' · P. 'Mary Mottram' · P. 'Matese Blue' · P. 'Mawson's Blue' · P. 'May Bouquet' (Bethelehem Sage) · P. 'Melancholia' · P. 'Merlin' · P. 'Milchstrasse' · P. 'Milky Way' · P. 'Monksilver' · P. 'Moonshine' (Lungwort) · P. 'Moonstone' · P. 'Moorland Mist' · P. 'Mountain Magic' (Lungwort) · P. 'Mournful Purple' · P. 'Mrs Kittle' (Lungwort) · P. 'Netta Statham' · P. 'Northern Lights' (Lungwort) · P. 'Ocupol' · P. 'Oliver Wyatt's White' · P. 'Opal' (Bethelehem Sage) · P. 'Oxford Blue' · P. 'Patrick Bates' · P. 'Paul Aden' · P. 'Pink Haze' · P. 'Pippa's Pink' · P. 'Polar Splash' (Bethelehem Sage) · P. 'Prestbury Pink' · P. 'Purple Haze' · P. 'Raspberry Ice' (Raspberry Ice Lungwort) · P. 'Raspberry Splash' (Bethelehem Sage) · P. 'Raspberry Sundae' (Lungwort) · P. 'Red Freckles' · P. 'Regal Ruffles'

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Last Revised: 2008-11-04