Buglossoides arvensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Buglossoides |
Species: | B. arvensis
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Binomial name | |
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst. (1954)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Buglossoides arvensis (syn. Lithospermum arvense), known as field gromwell, corn gromwell, bastard alkanet, and stone seed, is a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, as far north as Korea, Japan and Russia, and as far south as Afghanistan and northern Pakistan.[2] It is known in other places as an introduced species, including much of North America and Australia.[3][4]