Seek medical attention if symptoms occur.
Description
A scrambling semi-climber or shrub popular as a garden ornamental to 2m tall often used as a hedge specimen.
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.
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.
Toxicity
Symptoms
Contact with the sap, leaves, stems and roots may cause skin irritation, blistering and dermatitis.
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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.
Last updated: July 2023