Plants and mushrooms

Plumbago

Common name		Plumbago
Botanical name		Plumbago auriculata
Other common names		Leadwort; Cape Leadwort
Family		Plumbaginaceae
General description		A scrambling semi-climber or shrub popular as a garden ornamental to 2m tall often used as a hedge specimen.
Flowers		The blue or white flowers are tubular with 5 petals or lobes, have glandular sticky hairs and are held in short spikes or racemes at the ends of the branches.
Leaves		The light green leaves are oblong to oblong-spathulate usually 4-5cm long (but can be up to 7cm long) with an entire margin tapered into a very short petiole or stalk.
Fruit/Berries		The fruit are small capsules covered with sticky hairs.
Other		-
Symptoms		Contact with the sap, leaves, stems and roots may cause skin irritation, blistering and dermatitis.
Toxicity category		3
Warning