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Plumbago auriculata Lamarck
Plumbago auriculata Lamarck, Encyc. Method. 2:270. 1786.—Degener, FI. Haw. 1932.
Plumbago capensis Thunberg, Prod. Fl. Cap. 33. 1794.—Pancher in Cuzent, Iles Soc. Tahiti 236. 1860.—Hillebrand, Fl. Haw. Is. 286. 1888.—Butteaud, Fl. Tahit. 70. 1891.
Plumbago grandiflora Tenore, Cat. Orto Nap. 91. 1845.—Pancher in Cuzent, Iles Soc. Tahiti. 236. 1860.—Butteaud, Fl. Tahiti. 70. 1891.
DESCRIPTION.—A shrub or leaning climber with pale blue flowers.
RANGE.—Society Islands (cultivated). According to Pancher, it was introduced into the Society Islands by the French naval commander Pasquier. Native of South Africa. Also cultivated in Hawaii.
- bibliographic citation
- Grant, Martin Lawrence, Fosberg, F. Raymond, and Smith, Howard M. 1974. "Partial Flora of the Society Islands: Ericaceae to Apocynaceae." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-85. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.17
