Leadwort is a common name for various flowering plants in the family
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The family is sometimes referred to as the leadwort family or the plumbago family.
Most species in this family are perennial herbaceous plants, but a few grow as ...
, in particular those in the genera:
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Plumbago
''Plumbago'' is a genus of 10–20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort (names which are also shared by the genus '' Cerat ...
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It can also refer to metallophyte plants capable of tolerating high levels of lead, such as spring sandwort ''
Minuartia
''Minuartia'' is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sandworts in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Minuartias are small annual or perennial plants which grow in otherwise inhospitable conditions such as on rocky ledges and in stony soil. Th ...
verna'' or alpine pennycress ''
Thlaspi caerulescens
''Thlaspi caerulescens'', the Alpine Penny-cress or alpine pennygrass, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found in Scandinavia and Europe.
Description
''Thlaspi caerulescens'' is a low biennial or perennial plant that has sma ...
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