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Wild Job's tears

Onosmodium virginianum

Also called Eastern False Gromwell, Virginia Marbleseed, False Gromwell

Wild Job's tears
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial

About

Onosmodium virginianum, common names gravel-weed, wild Job's tears, false gromwell, and Virginia false-gromwell is perennial plant native to the eastern United States.

Where it grows

O. virginianum's range stretches from Louisiana to Florida, and northwards to New York and Massachusetts.

Other Lithospermum plants

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 Onosmodium virginianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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