Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Gromwell, Broadleaf Gromwell
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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 (11/30/12):
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum latifolium
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
3318
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in dry to moist woodlands over calcareous rocks, 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 (no basal rosette)
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-white
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer
White
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!