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Lithospermum cinereum Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Lithospermum

Characteristics

Much branched from a woody base, 10-46 cm [as '4-18 in.'] high, covered in all its parts with adpressed ashy-white pubescence; stem erect, cylindrical; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, attenuate at the base, up to 25 mm [as '1 in.'] by 4 mm [as '2 lin.']; racemes terminal; flowers sessile; bracts usually foliaceous; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, elongating in fruit; corolla white; nutlets ovoid, shining, white, rugose, slightly keeled on the inner face, 3 mm [as '1 1/2 lin.'] long.
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Perennial herb, 0.1-0.3 m high; closely appressed greyish strigose. Stems corymbosely branched; appressed-hairy. Leaves with blade linear-oblong, base cuneate, apex obtuse. Flowers terminal between leaves. Corolla with tube 1.5-2.0 mm long; lobes white or yellowish white, throat with 5 slightly convex areas; style included. Flowering time Nov.-Apr. Fruit with white or rufescent nutlets, 2.5-3.0 mm long, surface glabrous, smooth and pitted.
Perennial herb, 0.1-0.3 m high; closely appressed greyish strigose. Stems corymbosely branched. Leaves with blade linear-oblong, apex obtuse, base cuneate. Flowers terminal between leaves; style included; calyx as long as corolla; corolla with tube 1.5-2.0 mm long, lobes white or yellowish white; Nov.-Apr. Fruit of nutlets, 2.5-3.0 mm long, white or rufescent, surface glabrous, smooth and pitted.
Subshrub, 100-450 mm tall. Branches with adpressed hairs. Calyx as long as corolla tube. Nutlets rugose. Flowers white.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 6-12
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Bones (unspecified), Potherb (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Lithospermum cinereum world distribution map, present in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:117993-1
WFO ID wfo-0001215487
COL ID 72KLX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lithospermum cinereum Lithospermum inornatum Lithospermum dinteri
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