Plumbago europaea

Plumbago europaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Plumbaginaceae
Genus:	Plumbago
Species:	P. europaea
Binomial name
	Plumbago europaea; L.
Synonyms
	Plumbago angustifolia Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. (Spach) 10: 337. 1841.; Plumbago denticulata St.Lager, Étude Fl., ed. 8 [A. Cariot] 2: 690. 1889.; Plumbago europaea var. asperrima Sennen & Elías in Sennen, Pl. Espagne ??? n.° 2828; Plumbago europaea var. glandulosa Cout., Fl. Portugal ???. 1913.; Plumbago lapathifolia Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 1(2): 837. 1798.; Plumbago purpurea Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 122. 1796.; Plumbago undulata Moench, Suppl. Meth. (Moench) 153. 1802.;

Plumbago europaea, also known as the common leadwort, is a plant species in the genus Plumbago found in the Mediterranean Basin and Central Asia.

Plumbago europaea produces the flavonol europetin.^[1]

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