Cerinthe major: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Cerinthe
- Species
- Cerinthe major
- Scientific Name
- Cerinthe major
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cerinthe major
Cerinthe major, called honeywort along with other members of its genus, is an annual species of flowering plant in the genus Cerinthe, native to the Mediterranean region (southern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa), and introduced to New Zealand. Gardeners have a choice along a spectrum of cultivars ranging from Cerinthe major subsp. major, with sea-green bracts and yellow flowers, to Cerinthe major subsp. purpurascens with blue bracts and purple flowers.
...Cerinthe major in languages:
- Czech
- voskovka větší
- Danish
- Stor voksurt
- Dutch
- Grote wasbloem
- English
- Greater honeywort
- English
- Honeywort
- French
- Grand mélinet
- German
- Grosse Wachsblume
- German
- Große Wachsblume
- Italian
- Erba vajola maggiore
- Japanese
- キバナルリソウ
- Modern Greek
- Νερουλάκι
- Modern Greek
- Κερίνθη η μεγάλη
- Polish
- Ośmiał większy
- Portuguese
- Chupa-mel
- Russian
- Восковник большой
- Swedish
- stor vaxblomma
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