Central European woodland perennial with rough silver-spotted oblong leaves and small clusters of flowers that open pink and age to blue, often with both colours on the same stem in mid-spring.
Hardiness ratings
| System | Rating | Temperature range | How to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA hardiness zone | Zone 4–8 | −34.4 °C to −6.7 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| RHS hardiness rating | H7 | down to −20 °C | Plant needs at least this level of cold tolerance |
| Canadian plant hardiness zone | Zone 4–8 | −29 °C to −1 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| Australian (ANBG) zone | Zone 1–5 | −15 °C to 10 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
Growing notes
- Plant in dappled to deep shade as ground cover — spotted silver foliage provides interest from spring through autumn
- Pink-and-blue mixed flowers in March–April are early bee forage
- Common name from the spotted leaves (resembling diseased lungs in medieval doctrine of signatures) — the medicinal claim is now disregarded but the name persists
- Powdery mildew is the main pest — cut affected leaves to ground in midsummer and they will re-flush
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