OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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 caroliniense   FAMILY Boraginaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum caroliniense var. caroliniense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lithospermum caroliniense var. caroliniense

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-002:

Lithospermum caroliniense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Batschia caroliniensis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Coastal Plain Puccoon, Hairy Puccoon, Sandhill Puccoon

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Lithospermum caroliniense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lithospermum caroliniense var. caroliniense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Lithospermum caroliniense var. caroliniense

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-05-002:
 Lithospermum caroliniense   FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Batschia caroliniensis

 

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2551

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow-orange
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in dense leafy cymes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
White
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

 

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