| Accepted name: |
Lithospermum officinale L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Aegonychon arvense Gray
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| English names: |
European Gromwell
European Gromwell
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| French names: |
Grémil officinal
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLITOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In Europe sometimes cultivated for the officinal stone-hard seeds. In Bohemia formerly grown for the leaves used as tea. In Kazakhstan under trial as fodder plant(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
