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Purple Gromwell
Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
common alkanetAnchusa officinalis
Common GromwellLithospermum officinale
Suffolk LungwortPulmonaria obscura
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Italy | 1,026 |
|---|---|
| France | 810 |
| Austria | 806 |
| Ukraine | 681 |
| Russia | 644 |
| Germany | 564 |
| Krasnodar Krai | 453 |
| Niederösterreich | 440 |
| Spain | 425 |
| Autonomous Republic of Crimea | 379 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | borages · Boraginales |
| Family | borage family · Boraginaceae |
| Genus | Aegonychon |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Purple Gromwell with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.