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Glandora prostrata

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 8, 2025
Entity authorityQ3118615 ↗
Source-derived summary

Glandora prostrata, the shrubby gromwell, creeping gromwell or purple gromwell (names it shares with Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum and Glandora diffusa), is a species of Glandora native to Portugal, Spain and France. Its cultivars 'Grace Ward' and 'Heavenly Blue' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Subspecies

A subspecies is currently accepted:

Glandora prostrata subsp.

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The public source identifies “Glandora prostrata” as species of plant. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Glandora, prostrata and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 56-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Glandora, prostrata and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Oct 8, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3118615. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Glandora prostrata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.