
stoneseeds, puccoons, and gromwells
Lithospermum
Lithospermum is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide, but most are native to the Americas and the center of diversity is in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Species are known generally as gromwells or stoneseeds.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

narrowleaf puccoon
speciesLithospermum incisum

hoary puccoon
speciesLithospermum canescens

western stoneseed
speciesLithospermum ruderale

hairy puccoon
speciesLithospermum caroliniense

Common Gromwell
speciesLithospermum officinale

western false gromwell
speciesLithospermum occidentale

Soft-hair Marbleseed
speciesLithospermum bejariense

manyflowered gromwell
speciesLithospermum multiflorum

American gromwell
speciesLithospermum latifolium

Tuberous Stoneseed
speciesLithospermum tuberosum

false gromwell
speciesLithospermum parviflorum

Heller's marbleseed
speciesLithospermum helleri
Rough Stoneseed
speciesLithospermum matamorense

smooththroat stoneseed
speciesLithospermum cobrense

giant-trumpets
speciesLithospermum thurberi

California stoneseed
speciesLithospermum californicum

Lithospermum distichum
speciesLithospermum distichum

Virginia marbleseed
speciesLithospermum virginianum

San Antonio stoneseed
speciesLithospermum mirabile

Tennessee marbleseed
speciesLithospermum molle

deceptive marbleseed
speciesLithospermum decipiens

Smooth Marbleseed
speciesLithospermum subsetosum
Lithospermum strictum
speciesLithospermum strictum

Lithospermum trinervium
speciesLithospermum trinervium

Lithospermum nelsonii
speciesLithospermum nelsonii

Lithospermum flavum
speciesLithospermum flavum

Lithospermum papillosum
speciesLithospermum papillosum

Green Stoneseed
speciesLithospermum viride

Lithospermum exsertum
speciesLithospermum exsertum

Lithospermum erythrorhizon
speciesLithospermum erythrorhizon

Lithospermum rzedowskii
speciesLithospermum rzedowskii

Lithospermum discolor
speciesLithospermum discolor

Lithospermum gayanum
speciesLithospermum gayanum

Lithospermum calycosum
speciesLithospermum calycosum

Lithospermum notatum
speciesLithospermum notatum
Lithospermum calcicola
speciesLithospermum calcicola

Lithospermum obovatum
speciesLithospermum obovatum

Lithospermum guatemalense
speciesLithospermum guatemalense

Lithospermum cinereum
speciesLithospermum cinereum

Lithospermum oblongifolium
speciesLithospermum oblongifolium

Lithospermum johnstonii
speciesLithospermum johnstonii

Lithospermum afromontanum
speciesLithospermum afromontanum

Lithospermum peruvianum
speciesLithospermum peruvianum

Lithospermum revolutum
speciesLithospermum revolutum

Lithospermum mediale
speciesLithospermum mediale

Lithospermum berlandieri
speciesLithospermum berlandieri

Lithospermum hancockianum
speciesLithospermum hancockianum

Lithospermum scabrum
speciesLithospermum scabrum

Lithospermum pringlei
speciesLithospermum pringlei

Lithospermum azuayense
speciesLithospermum azuayense

Lithospermum sylvestre
speciesLithospermum sylvestre

Lithospermum indecorum
speciesLithospermum indecorum

Lithospermum macbridei
speciesLithospermum macbridei

Lithospermum diversifolium
speciesLithospermum diversifolium

Lithospermum bolivariense
speciesLithospermum bolivariense
Lithospermum dodrantale
speciesLithospermum dodrantale

Lithospermum rosei
speciesLithospermum rosei

Lithospermum tubuliflorum
speciesLithospermum tubuliflorum

Lithospermum leonotis
speciesLithospermum leonotis
Lithospermum confine
speciesLithospermum confine
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the old herbals & bestiaries

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.169

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.142

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.194

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.521

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.574

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.574

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1090

Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.36

History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.760

History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.689

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle
李時珍 · 1596 · p.32

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.545
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Lithospermum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59925.