Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Lithospermum > Lithospermum multiflorum

Lithospermum multiflorum (manyflowered stoneseed; manyflowered gromwell; purple pucoon)

Synonyms: Lithospermum pilosum (heterotypic)

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  A purple dye is obtained from the root;
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Lithospermum multiflorum

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
Rocky Mountain Biosphere Reserve II 239938 Colorado, United States
Walnut Canyon National Monument V 3386 Arizona, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0