Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
yellow gromwell (narrowleaf stoneseed)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
yellow gromwell (narrowleaf stoneseed)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Gordon Neish (Photo ID #16490)
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from heavy, woody taproot and branched stem-base; stems few to several, 5-30 cm tall, short, stiff appressed-hairy.
Leaves:
Numerous, all along the stem, unstalked, linear to oblong or narrowly lanceolate, 2-6 cm long and 2-6 mm wide, entire, alternate, short, stiff appressed-hairy.
Flowers:
Well-developed flowers in small clusters in upper leaf axils, the flower stalks bent down somewhat in fruit; corollas bright yellow, 15-35 mm long, fused at base into long (12-30 mm) tube that spreads (10-20 mm wide) at top to 5 ragged-margined lobes, with 5 bulges at the throat; smaller unopened flowers often appear later in the season, in branching clusters lower on the stem.
Fruits:
Nutlets usually 4, clustered together, grey, shining, sparingly pitted, 3-3.5 mm long.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lithospermum incisum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
579 | 285 | 1300 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
211 | 12 | 315 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
49 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(36), IDF(7), PP(5) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry grasslands and shrublands in the steppe zone; infrequent in S BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; E to S ON and S to IN, MO, TX, NM, AZ and MX.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Batschia linearifolia (Goldie) Small
Lithospermum angustifolium Michx.
Lithospermum linearifolium Goldie
Lithospermum mandanense Spreng.