Moltkia
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Moltkia (Count Joachim Gadske Moltke. Denmark, died 1818). Boraginaceae. About a half-dozen perennial cane-pubescent mostly cespitose herbs allied to Lithospermum, but having stamens exserted and different nutlets; S. Eu. and Asia. Fls. blue or yellow, racemose or in terminal cymes; corolla-tube more or less funnel-shaped, the broad throat naked or hairy, the 5 lobes obtuse, erect or nearly so (spreading in Lithospermum); stamens 5. Two or 3 of the species are used more or less in rock-gardens and as alpines.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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