Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Boraginaceae
Lithospermum caroliniense

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Boraginaceae
Lithospermum caroliniense var. caroliniense

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Boraginaceae
161-05-002
Lithospermum caroliniense

Common Name:
Coastal Plain Puccoon, Hairy Puccoon

Forb
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common (rare north of southern SC)
Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Look for it in sandhills, dry sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora



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...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Usually alternate

Flower:
Spring/Summer
Orange-yellow
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
Superior ovary

Fruit:
Spring/Summer
White
Schizocarp

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p227
 Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p185




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"Gardeners have long recognized the importance of native plants in the home landscape for their wildlife value and their hardiness, and for their unique spot in the ecology of local environments." — Marian St. Clair, freelance garden writer