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Lithospermum officinale
Also called Common gromwell, Gromwell, Pearl Gromwell, European Gromwell
A hardy, erect perennial herb of Eurasian grassland and scrub, grown mainly for its shiny white nutlets and as a wildflower. It thrives in a sunny spot with well-drained, lime-rich soil.
Lithospermum officinale, or common gromwell or European stoneseed, is a flowering plant species in the family Boraginaceae, native to Eurasia. It is the host plant for caterpillars of the monophagous moth Ethmia dodecea.
The plant is very widely distributed throughout Europe and Asia. It is locally common in the UK, where it is much rarer in the north and west of the country. The favoured habitat includes grassland, scrubland, and open woodland, usually on base-rich and calcareous soils.
Lithospermum azuayense · Lithospermum bejariense · Lithospermum bolivariense · California stoneseed · Hoary puccoon · Carolina puccoon · Lithospermum cuzcoense · Lithospermum · Narrowleaf stoneseed · American stoneseed · Lithospermum leymebambense · Softhair Marbleseed
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lithospermum officinale by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
