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):
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lithospermum latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lithospermum latifolium
COMMON NAME:
American Gromwell, Broadleaf Gromwell, Broadleaf Puccoon
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lila2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_latifolium_3
March
Plant lacking basal rosette; lower leaves smaller than upper; lvs acuminate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_latifolium_3b
March
A hairy green calyx with 5 linear-lanceolate teeth, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_latifolium
April
Stems densely covered with white hairs. Flowers solitary from leaf axils, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_latifolium_11
April
Upper stem internodes mostly 3-6cm long; leaves mostly >2cm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lithospermum latifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lithospermum latifolium
3318
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist woodlands over calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (no basal rosette)
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
White
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p212
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p137
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