Pulmonaria officinalis

Pulmonaria officinalis

Taxobox
name = Pulmonaria officinalis


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Pulmonaria officinalis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Boraginaceae
genus = "Pulmonaria"
species = "P. officinalis "
binomial = "Pulmonaria officinalis"
binomial_authority = L., 1753

"Pulmonaria officinalis" is an evergreen perennial species of lungwort, native to locations throughout Europe.

"P. officinalis" is a rhizomatous plant in the Borage family. In spring, it produces small bunches of pink flowers which turn to blue-purple. The plant has been cultivated for centuries as a medicinal herb, the ovate spotted leaves held to be representative of diseased lungs, following the Doctrine of Signatures.

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