# Lithodora

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***Lithodora*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Boraginaceae](/source/Boraginaceae), [native](/source/Native_plant) to southwestern Europe, southern Greece, Turkey and Algeria. They are low-growing, [evergreen](/source/Evergreen) [shrubs](/source/Shrubs) and subshrubs, producing 5-lobed blue or white flowers.[1] The [Greek](/source/Greek_language) *lithodora* literally means "stone gift", referring to the plant's preferred rocky habitats.[2] The genus *[Glandora](/source/Glandora)* was split from *Lithodora* in 2008.[3]

*Lithodora* species are often cultivated as ornamental plants which are especially suited to [rock gardens](/source/Rock_garden) or [raised beds](/source/Raised-bed_gardening).[1]

## Species

Three species are accepted.[4]

- *[Lithodora fruticosa](/source/Lithodora_fruticosa)* (L.) Griseb.
- *[Lithodora hispidula](/source/Lithodora_hispidula)* (Sm.) Griseb.
- *[Lithodora zahnii](/source/Lithodora_zahnii)* (Heldr. ex Halácsy) I.M.Johnst.

## References

1. *RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants*. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1-4053-3296-5.

1. Coombes, Allen J. (2012). [*The A to Z of plant names*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781604691962/page/312). USA: Timber Press. pp. [312](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781604691962/page/312). ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.

1. Ferrero, V.; Arroyo, J.; Castro, S.; Navarro, L. (2012). "Unusual heterostyly: Style dimorphism and self-incompatibility are not tightly associated in *Lithodora* and *Glandora* (Boraginaceae)". *Annals of Botany*. **109** (3): 655–665. [doi:10.1093/aob/mcr222](https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcr222). [PMC 3278292](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278292). [PMID 21985797](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21985797)

1. [*Lithodora* Griseb.](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:4650-1) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

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