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Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum
Also called Purple Gromwell
Blue gromwell is a hardy, rhizomatous perennial wildflower of woodland edges and scrub in central and southern Europe, grown for its purple-to-blue spring flowers. It is best given a cool, partly shaded spot in well-drained, lime-rich soil.
Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum, commonly known as the purple gromwell, is a herbaceous perennial rhizomatous flowering plant and it belongs to the family Boraginaceae.
This species is rare in British Isles, widespread in central Europe up to South Russia and in Mediterranean countries from Spain to eastern Turkey.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
