Onosma
Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae
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Onosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. They are native to the Mediterranean and western Asia. They grow in dry, sunny habitats with rocky, sandy substrates.[2] Some are popular as rock garden plants.[3]
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| Onosma | |
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| Onosma simplicissima ssp. volgensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Onosma L. |
| Type species | |
| Onosma echioides | |
| Species[1] | |
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235; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from about 85[4] or 88[5] to 150.[2][6] As of July 2024 Plants of the World Online accepts 235 species.[1] The systematics are unclear and the group is in need of study and revision.[2]
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Selected species
As of July 2024, Plants of the World Online accepts 235 species.[1] Selected species include:
- Onosma adenopus
- Onosma affinis
- Onosma aksoyii[5]
- Onosma alborosea
- Onosma album
- Onosma apiculatum
- Onosma arenaria
- Onosma atila-ocakii[2]
- Onosma aucheranum
- Onosma beyazoglui[6]
- Onosma borysthenica
- Onosma bourgaei
- Onosma bracteatum
- Onosma bubanii
- Onosma bulbotrichum
- Onosma canescens
- Onosma cassium
- Onosma caucasica
- Onosma caerulescens
- Onosma cingulatum
- Onosma confertum
- Onosma decastichum
- Onosma dalmatica
- Onosma dicedens
- Onosma dichroantha
- Onosma echioides
- Onosma elegantissimum
- Onosma epirotica[7]
- Onosma erectum
- Onosma exsertum
- Onosma farreri
- Onosma fastigiata
- Onosma fistulosum
- Onosma frutescens
- Onosma fruticosa
- Onosma gigantea
- Onosma glomeratum
- Onosma glmelinii
- Onosma graeca
- Onosma helvetica
- Onosma hispidum
- Onosma hookeri
- Onosma irritans
- Onosma isauricum
- Onosma javorkae
- Onosma kaheirei
- Onosma lijiangense
- Onosma liui
- Onosma luquanense
- Onosma maaikangense
- Onosma macrochaeta
- Onosma mertensioides
- Onosma molle
- Onosma multiramaosum
- Onosma nangqenense
- Onosma nanum
- Onosma orientalis
- Onosma paniculatum
- Onosma polioxanthum
- Onosma polychroma
- Onosma pseudoarenaria
- Onosma rascheyana
- Onosma rigida
- Onosma setosa
- Onosma simplicissimum
- Onosma sinicum
- Onosma stelluata
- Onosma straussii
- Onosma stridii
- Onosma taurica
- Onosma tenuiflora
- Onosma tornensis
- Onosma tricerosperma
- Onosma troodi
- Onosma visianii
- Onosma waddellii
- Onosma waltonii
- Onosma wardii
- Onosma yajiangense
- Onosma zayueense
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