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Boraginaceae
Lithospermum

not marked as a favorite taxon Lithospermum Linnaeus. Common name: Gromwell, Puccoon, Stoneseed.

Key to Lithospermum

A genus of about 80 species, herbs (mostly perennials), nearly cosmopolitan. Studies strongly suggest that Onosmodium is better included in a broadened Lithospermum (Cohen & Davis 2009; Weigend et al. 2009), as Onosmodium is embedded within Lithospermum in a subclade also including L. tuberosum; morphologically, Onosmodium shows a subset of the characteristics in a broader and more diverse Lithospermum.

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References: Al-Shehbaz (1991); Cochrane (1976); Cohen (2022); Cohen & Davis (2009); Cusick (1985); Turner (1995a); Weakley et al. (2011); Weigend et al. (2009); Weigend et al. (2016) In Kadereit & Bittrich (2016). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Lithospermum© Scott Ward | Lithospermum caroliniense
image #2 of Lithospermum© Sonnia Hill | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lithospermum© Bruce A. Sorrie | Lithospermum tuberosum | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lithospermum© Scott Ward | Lithospermum parviflorum | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Lithospermum© Richard & Teresa Ware | Lithospermum virginianum CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #6 of Lithospermum© Richard & Teresa Ware | Lithospermum onosmodium CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Lithospermum© Gary P. Fleming | Lithospermum virginianum | Original Image ⭷

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