PLANTS Profile for Lithospermum caroliniense (Carolina puccoon)

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PLANTS Profile

Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.
Carolina puccoon

Symbol:

LICA13

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.

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Distribution:
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.


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USA (AL, AR, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Lithospermum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Lithospermum caroliniense var. caroliniense
Carolina puccoon

Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum
Carolina puccoon

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Lithospermum L. – stoneseed
Species	Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill. – Carolina puccoon

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
Lithospermum caroliniense ssp. croceum [=LICAC9]
golden puccoon		Endangered
Ohio:
plains puccoon		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
hispid gromwell		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31946.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 01:03 AM MDT