Moltkia (plant)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Moltkia Lehm. |
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Moltkia is a genus in the family Boraginaceae with 6 accepted species.[1] They are herby semibushes (shrubs) with dark green hairy leaves and hanging groups of tube-shaped flowers. The species occur in the south of Europe and western Asia,where they are sparely hardy.
Moltkia petraea, an evergreen shrub, bearing alternate hairy leaves and blooms Lilac/blue tube-shaped hanging flowers in small groups and is found in the South of Europe. The hybrid Moltkia intermedia is bred from a crossing of the 2 species Moltkia petraea and Moltkia suffruticosa and blooms with dark blue hanging tube-shaped flowers in bunches.
Species
- Moltkia angustifolia DC.
- Moltkia aurea Boiss.
- Moltkia coerulea (Willd.) Lehm.
- Moltkia gypsacea Rech.f. & Aellen
- Moltkia × intermedia (Froebel) J.W.Ingram
- Moltkia × kemal-paschii Bornm.
- Moltkia petraea (Tratt.) Griseb.
- Moltkia suffruticosa (L.) Brand