Plumbago auriculata
E289517
Plumbago auriculata is a flowering evergreen shrub known for its clusters of pale blue, phlox-like blossoms and use as an ornamental garden plant in warm climates.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Plumbago auriculata canonical | 4 |
| Plumbago capensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2711747 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plumbago auriculata Context triple: [Plumbaginaceae, hasNotableSpecies, Plumbago auriculata]
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A.
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a genus of brightly colored triggerfishes found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for their distinctive patterns and angular body shapes.
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B.
Polygonella
Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.
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C.
Witallia
"Witallia" is a musical track by the Peruvian folk group Inca Taqui, likely rooted in traditional Andean sounds and themes.
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D.
Chlorophanes spiza
Chlorophanes spiza, commonly known as the green honeycreeper, is a small, brightly colored Neotropical songbird found in forests from southern Mexico to much of South America.
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E.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Plumbago auriculata Target entity description: Plumbago auriculata is a flowering evergreen shrub known for its clusters of pale blue, phlox-like blossoms and use as an ornamental garden plant in warm climates.
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A.
Rhinecanthus
Rhinecanthus is a genus of brightly colored triggerfishes found in tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, known for their distinctive patterns and angular body shapes.
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B.
Polygonella
Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.
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C.
Witallia
"Witallia" is a musical track by the Peruvian folk group Inca Taqui, likely rooted in traditional Andean sounds and themes.
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D.
Chlorophanes spiza
Chlorophanes spiza, commonly known as the green honeycreeper, is a small, brightly colored Neotropical songbird found in forests from southern Mexico to much of South America.
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E.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering shrub
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ |
| attracts | butterflies ⓘ |
| authority | Lam. ⓘ |
| binomialName | Plumbago auriculata self-link ⓘ |
| category |
garden plants
ⓘ
ornamental shrubs ⓘ |
| clade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
core eudicots ⓘ eudicots ⓘ |
| climatePreference | warm climates ⓘ |
| commonName |
Cape plumbago
ⓘ
cape leadwort ⓘ |
| distribution | widely cultivated in subtropical regions ⓘ |
| family | Plumbaginaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pale blue
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | long flowering period in warm climates ⓘ |
| flowerShape | phlox-like ⓘ |
| genus | Plumbago ⓘ |
| growthForm | evergreen shrub ⓘ |
| growthRate | moderate to fast ⓘ |
| habitat | gardens and landscaped areas ⓘ |
| hardiness | frost-sensitive ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | terminal clusters ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| maintenance | benefits from pruning ⓘ |
| nativeTo | South Africa ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| pestSusceptibility |
may be affected by scale insects
ⓘ
may be affected by spider mites ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantHeight | up to about 3 meters ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
seed
ⓘ
semi-ripe cuttings ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soil ⓘ |
| sunExposure |
full sun
ⓘ
partial shade ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerance |
drought-tolerant once established
ⓘ
tolerates coastal conditions ⓘ |
| use |
climbing or sprawling plant
ⓘ
garden shrub ⓘ hedging plant ⓘ ornamental plant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Plumbago auriculata Description of subject: Plumbago auriculata is a flowering evergreen shrub known for its clusters of pale blue, phlox-like blossoms and use as an ornamental garden plant in warm climates.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Plumbago capensis