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
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Read more about Buglossoides at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_liar4_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_305
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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).
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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
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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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)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p115
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p137
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