Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lithospermum canescens
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hoary Puccoon at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum canescens
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-003:
Lithospermum canescens
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Batschia canescens
COMMON NAME:
Hoary Puccoon, Indian-paint
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lica12_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canescens
March
Flowers 3/8" wide, in cymes crowded in a rather flat terminal inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canescens_1
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canescens_1b
April
Corolla lobes rounded, spreading, entire; tube 7-14mm long; style included, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canescens_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_canescens_2b
April
Leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblong, ~ 2" long, softly and densely hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lithospermum canescens
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum canescens
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-003:
Lithospermum canescens
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Batschia canescens
3317
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC
Look for it in dry woodlands and glades over calcareous rocks (such as limestone, dolostone) or mafic rocks (such as diabase), 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow-orange
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in dense leafy cymes
FRUIT:
Spring
White
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p242
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p077
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p212
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p249
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p137