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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Boraginaceae
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) MacMill. subsp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick
Carolina puccoon, hairy puccoon, plains puccoon
Lithospermum: from Greek lithos, "stone," and sperma, "seed"
caroliniense: from Carolinas
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-24" tall forb, very leafy and hairy; often as many as 12 or more stems, usually unbranched but sometimes branched at the top; stout, woody roots |
| Flower: | orange to yellow, 5-parted, 1/2"-1" wide, funnel-shaped, with leafy bracts, throat of the tube hairy, petals lips smooth; inflorescence 1-3 densely-flowered, branched clusters (cymes); blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | white, smooth, shiny nutlets |
| Leaf: | roughly hairy; growing from all around of the stem so appearing whorled |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, woods, inland sands; in sandy soil |
| Notes: | usually blooms later than L. canescens |
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 MacMill. subsp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick&phog=Kenneth J. Sytsma&spcode=LITCARsCRO)
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 MacMill. subsp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=LITCARsCRO)
 MacMill. subsp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick&phog=Merel R. Black&spcode=LITCARsCRO)
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 MacMill. subsp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick&phog=Robert W. Freckmann&spcode=LITCARsCRO)
