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Onosma

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Onosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. They grow in dry, sunny habitats with rocky, sandy substrates.[1] Some are popular as rock garden plants.[2]

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Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from about 85[3] or 88[4] to 150.[1][5] The systematics are unclear and the group is in need of study and revision.[1]

Selected species

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Koyuncu, O., et al. (2013). A new Onosma (Boraginaceae) species from central Anatolia, Turkey. Plant Syst Evol
  2. ^ Hammerton, John Alexander (1920). Harmsworth's Household Encyclopedia. Harmsworth Encyclopedias.
  3. ^ Onosma. Flora of Pakistan.
  4. ^ a b Aytaç, Z., and Z. Türkmen. (2011). A new Onosma L.(Boraginaceae) species from southern Anatolia, Turkey. Turk. J. Bot 35, 269-74.
  5. ^ a b Kandemir, A. and Z. Türkmen. (2010). A new species of Onosma (Boraginaceae) from eastern Turkey. Turk J Bot 34 277-82.
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Onosma: Brief Summary

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Onosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. They grow in dry, sunny habitats with rocky, sandy substrates. Some are popular as rock garden plants.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Onosma.

Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from about 85 or 88 to 150. The systematics are unclear and the group is in need of study and revision.

Onosma alborosea Onosma nana Onosma polychroma Onosma visianii
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