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):
Lithospermum tuberosum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum tuberosum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lithospermum tuberosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-004:
Lithospermum tuberosum FAMILY Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lithospermum tuberosum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Stoneseed
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JK Marlow jkm100313_141
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Leaves obovate to oblong, mostly in a basal rosette. Stem lvs few, smaller, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4968
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Its pale yellow flowers much smaller and less colorful than L. caroliniense, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4969
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Corolla lobes rounded, spreading; style included, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm090404_112
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_tuberosum_8
April
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Sam Pratt sbp_image1
May AL
Upper cauline leaves remote, oblanceolate to elliptic, smaller than the basal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lithospermum tuberosum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum tuberosum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lithospermum tuberosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-004:
Lithospermum tuberosum
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lithospermum tuberosum
851
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Nutrient-rich forests, especially over calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow/ Yellowish-white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a helicoid cyme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
White
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p185
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p178
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p131
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p212
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