Cerinthe minor L. is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cerinthe minor L.

Cerinthe minor L.

Cerinthe minor L. is characterized by stem - clasping, entire leaves, paired fruits, acute closed corollas, and deeply five - lobed flowers, and is cited in various botanical works.

Family
Genus
Cerinthe
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Cerinthe minor L.

Cerinthe has stem - clasping, entire leaves, paired fruits, and acute, closed corollas. It also has leaves that clasp the stem and deeply five - lobed flowers. As described in Hall. helv. 516. It is known as Cerinthe minor, as mentioned in Bauh. pin. 258, and also as Cerinthe minor s. quarta in Clus. hist. 2. p. 168.

Photo: (c) Dmytro Svyrydiuk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dmytro Svyrydiuk · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Cerinthe

More from Boraginaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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