NameThatPlant.net: Lithospermum tuberosum

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 Go to FSUS key

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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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image of Lithospermum tuberosum, Southern Stoneseed

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).

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).

Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4969

April Walker County GA

Pigeon Mountain

Corolla lobes rounded, spreading; style included, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

JK Marlow jkm090404_112

April Walker County GA

Pigeon Mountain

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_tuberosum_8

April

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)

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