Buglossoides arvensis

Buglossoides arvensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Buglossoides
Species:
B. arvensis
Binomial name
Buglossoides arvensis
(L.) I.M.Johnst. (1954)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aegonychon arvense (L.) Gray (1821 publ. 1822)
  • Lithospermum arvense L. (1753)
  • Margarospermum arvense (L.) Decne. (1840)
  • Rhytispermum arvense (L.) Link (1829)

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]

  1. ^ Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I.M.Johnst. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Lithospermum arvense Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 132. 1753". Flora of China.
  3. ^ ^ USDA Plants Profile
  4. ^ ^ "Buglossoides arvensis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 20 March 2012.