Common names:

• alpine balsam  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• fairy-foxglove  (Source: BSBI) - English
• liver balsam  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• bálsamo-dos-Andes  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• leverört  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (incl. Sardinia)
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
3. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
4. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
5. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
7. Quézel, P. & S. Santa Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. (F Alger)
8. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. (F Eur)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2018. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=401659. Accessed 23 June 2018.