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Hello Botanists, I have a question regarding the introduced Pulmonaria officinialis (Lungwort). Until this spring, I had always taken it for granted that Lungwort's leaves have spots. Having more time to spend around the house, I paid more attention, and noticed that the 'familiar' patch of Pulmonaria does indeed sport spots. However, there are other places where a spotless Pulmonaria is growing. These plants appear and flower roughly a week earlier. Checking on-line, there is a European species, Pulmonaria obscura (sometimes conspecific with P. officinalis) that has no spots on its leaves. Thus, it is possible that there were always two species around the house. It could also be that the spotted variety does not reproduce true to spot by seed. My question is: Has anybody seen or is familiar with/knowledgeable about the spot-less species/variety? Curious, Burkhard
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