Plumbago family : PLUMBAGINACEAE (CARYOPHYLLIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Armeria maritima Sea Thrift Sydney, February 2007

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Leadwort Five Dock, March 2007

Limonium sinuatum Statice Sydney, September 2006

Plumbago auriculata Plumbago Sydney, August 2006

Plumbago auriculata 'Alba' White Cape Leadwort Sydney, July 2007

Plants in PLUMBAGINACEAE are food for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Leptotes plinius

Urolitha bipunctifera

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 6 November 2020)