Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Lithospermum > Lithospermum macromeria

Lithospermum macromeria (giant-trumpets; giant trumpets; gianttrumpets)

Synonyms: Macromeria thurberi; Macromeria viridiflora (homotypic); Macromeria viridiflora var. thurberi; Macromeria viridiflora var. viridiflora; Onosmodium thurberi

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The plant was collected by the Hopi Indians, dried and mixed with wild tobacco and used in rain-making ceremonies;
Height [1]  35 inches (0.9 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Lithospermum macromeria

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Walnut Canyon National Monument V 3386 Arizona, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
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