Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lithospermum ruderale Douglas ex Lehm. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
columbia puccoon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wayside gromwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
western gromwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
western stoneseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
whiteweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Batschia pilosa G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 372 (1837).
Batschia torreyi G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 373 (1837).
Lithospermum lanceolatum Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 333 (1900), nom. illeg.
Lithospermum pilosum Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 43 (1834).
Lithospermum ruderale var. lanceolatum A.Nelson Bot. Gaz. 52: 272 (1911).
Lithospermum ruderale var. macrospermum J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 55 (1916).
Lithospermum ruderale var. torreyi J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 48: 55 (1916).
Lithospermum torreyi Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 44 (1834).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. ex Lehm.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Lithospermum ruderale Douglas ex Lehm.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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