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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Boraginaceae
Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
fringed puccoon, narrow-leaved gromwell, narrow-leaved puccoon
Lithospermum: from Greek lithos, "stone," and sperma, "seed"
incisum: cut
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-20" tall forb with many branches; woody taproot |
| Flower: | pale yellow, 5-parted, 1/3"-3/4" wide, funnel-shaped, petal lips fringed; inflorescence with short-stalked flowers crowded in the upper leaf axils; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | white, shiny nutlet with a few pits |
| Leaf: | many, long, narrow, grass-like |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, barrens; in rocky, sandy soil |
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