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Amsonia orientalis

 
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Amsonia orientalis - eastern bluestar, blue star
Image: Stirton, Charles - NBGW
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Common name: eastern bluestar, blue star
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Distribution: Greece, Turkey
Habitat: Wetlands
IUCN Red list: Critically Endangered
Hardiness: (H4) Hardy-average winter -10 to -5°C (USDA 8b/9a)
Life form: Deciduous perennial • Parhaol lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Amsonia (am-SO-nee-uh): For John Amson (1698-1763), Physician and Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1750 to 1751.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: orientalis (or-ee-en-TAY-liss): Eastern, oriental, of the East.
Description: A woody-based perennial with erect stems bearing narrowly lance-shaped leaves, and light or dark blue flowers 1-2cm across.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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