Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.63.14
Plumbago europaea
DD: Molybdenum.
Culture: Danaides.
English: Plumbago; European leadwort; Molybdaina.
Names: Latin plumbum = lead, agere = resemble.
Use: lead-blue flower colour, stains on skin, Pliny’s belief that the plant was a cure for lead poisoning.
Botany: calyx hairs secrete a sticky mucilage, trapping and killing insects.