OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis   FAMILY Boraginaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buglossoides arvensis   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Buglossoides arvensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-001:

Lithospermum arvense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lithospermum arvense

 

COMMON NAME:
Corn-gromwell


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image of Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis, Corn-gromwell

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_liar4_001_lvd

        

image of Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis, Corn-gromwell

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_305

        

image of Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis, Corn-gromwell

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_b_arvensis_arvensis

April    Iredell County    NC

Plant rough-hairy, leaves linear-lanceolate, 1/8-1/4" wide w only a midvein, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis, Corn-gromwell

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_b_arvensis_arvensis2

April    Iredell County    NC

Flowers solitary in the crowded upper leaf axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buglossoides arvensis   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Buglossoides arvensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-001:
Lithospermum arvense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lithospermum arvense

 

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3037

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, dry disturbed areas, sandy fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (uncommon in GA)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/ Bluish-white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed tubular-funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grayish-brown
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

 

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