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Buglossoides arvensis (corn-gromwell; corn gromwell; field gromwell)

Synonyms: Lithospermum arvense arvense; Lithospermum arvense f. caeruleum; Lithospermum arvense var. caerulescens; Lithospermum calycinum (homotypic); Lithospermum sylvestre

Wikipedia Abstract

Lithospermum arvense (Field Gromwell, Corn Gromwell, Bastard Alkanet) is a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is also known as Buglossoides arvensis. It is native to Europe and Asia, as far north as Korea, Japan and Russia, and as far south as Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. It is known in other places as an introduced species, including much of North America and Australia. The European Union has granted the refined oil of the seed of Buglossoides arvensis novel food status and some farmers are growing it.
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Infraspecies

Buglossoides arvensis arvensis
Buglossoides arvensis sibthorpianum
Buglossoides arvensis var. arvensis
Buglossoides arvensis var. caerulescens
Buglossoides arvensis var. coerulescens

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  White
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Bees, Flies
Structure [4]  Herb
Height [2]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Predators

Ethmia dodecea[5]
Ethmia funerella[5]
Ethmia pusiella[5]
Galerida cristata (Crested Lark)[6]
Mogulones geographicus[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 6CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIET OF IRANIAN BIRDS, Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh, Mohammad E. Sehhatisabet, Екологія, Беркут 15, Вип. 1-2. 2006. pp. 145-150
♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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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