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Wild plumbago, Doctorbush, Florida plumbago, White plumbago
Plumbago zeylanica
Plumbaginaceae
 

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

General Landscape Uses: Identified by Fair Child Tropical Botanic Garden as a native that does especially well in shade in this brochure.

Plant Map Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.

Wildlife and Ecology: Larval host plant for cassius blue (Leptotes cassius) butterflies.

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist.

Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist.


Other data on Plumbago zeylanica available from:

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants


 
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