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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lithospermum virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Onosmodium virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-06-001:
Onosmodium virginianum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Marbleseed, Virginia False Gromwell
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_onvi2_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virginianum_2
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_lithospermumvirgi
June
Flowers borne in a distinctive, leafy, coiled inflorescence [helicoid cyme], per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virginianum
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_virginianum_c
July
The mostly oblong leaves 1-5" long. All parts of the herbage hairy, rough, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.