Lithospermum papillosum Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Lithospermum

Characteristics

Stem herbaceous, slightly branched, slender, ascending, 15 cm [as '6 in.'] high, hirsute; leaves sessile, the lower ovate-oblong, the upper lanceolate, 21 mm [as '10 lin.'] long, 4.2 mm [as '2 lin.'] broad, gradually getting smaller upwards, obtuse, villous, margins revolute; racemes terminal, congested; calyx 4.2 mm [as '2 lin.'] long, hispid especially outside; lobes oblong, 1 mm [as '1/2 lin.'] broad, subobtuse; corolla white; tube as long as the calyx; lobes elliptic, 2.5 mm [as '1 1/4 lin.'] long; anthers oblong, 1.5 mm [as '3/4 lin.'] long; style cylindrical; nutlets rugose.
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Perennial herb, 0.15-0.30 m high; stems with indumentum of patent hairs, densely leafy. Leaves appressed, sessile; blade narrowly ovate to elliptic, up to 35 x 9 mm, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate, margins entire, pubescent. Flowers: in leafy, scorpioid cymes, cymes accrescent; corolla with tube ± 3 mm, lobes 1-2 mm long, white; Sep.-Apr. Fruit of nutlets, smooth, white or greyish white.
Perennial herb, 0.15-0.30 m high; densely leafy. Leaves appressed; blade ovate. Flowers in leafy, scorpioid cymes. Corolla with tube ± 3 mm long; lobes 1-2 mm long, white. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. Fruit of nutlets, smooth, white or greyish white.
Closely leafy perennial to 25 cm. Leaves adpressed, lanceolate, undersurface with hairs on midrib only. Flowers in terminal and axillary, leafy cymes, white, with annulus at base and 5 glandular invaginations in throat. Nutlets smooth.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 3-12
Soil texture 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Lithospermum papillosum world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118173-1
WFO ID wfo-0001215492
COL ID 3VLG8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lithospermum papillosum