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Moltkia petraea

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Authors: Tratt.   Griseb.  

Botanical Description

Dwarf shrub with white-hairy stems 20-40cm tall. Leaves linear to oblong, l-5cm long, l-6mm wide, green above, densely white-hairy beneath, the margins rolled under. Flowers deep violet-blue, pink in bud, 6-10mm long, in dense terminal cymes, spring to summer. Mountains from Albania to central Yugoslavia.