PLANTS Profile for Lithospermum canescens (hoary puccoon)

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PLANTS Profile

Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.
hoary puccoon

Symbol:

LICA12

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.

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Images:
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.

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Synonyms:
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.

BACA7

Batschia canescens Michx.

Distribution:
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 18 species in Lithospermum

Classification:
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Lithospermum L. – stoneseed
Species	Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. – hoary puccoon

More Accounts and Images:
Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31945.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 04:59 PM CDT