Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Buglossoides at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buglossoides arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-001:
Lithospermum arvense
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Buglossoides arvensis ssp. arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Buglossoides arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-001:
Lithospermum arvense
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
3037
Forb
Annual
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA)
Look for it on roadsides, dry disturbed areas, sandy fields, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed tubular-funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grayish-brown
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
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