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Hairy Puccoon

(Lithospermum caroliniense)

Color Photograph: Paul Jackson, Cedar Creek Natural History Area, LTER, U.S. Dept. Energy and National Science Foundation.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Lithospermum canescens

Hoary Puccoon has smaller flowers and the stem and leaves have a grayish pubescens and are not coarsely hairy.

Lithospermum incisum

Narrow-leaved Puccoon has extremely narrow leaves and the flower petals are toothed.

Hairy Puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)

Identification: Flowers large (up to 1 inch in diameter) yellow-orange with 5 petals and basal parts of petals fused into a long corolla tube. Stamens hidden in corolla tube. Flowers arranged in a flat-topped cluster or weakly curled, short sprays. Stem and leaves coarsely hairy. Leaves broadest in the middle, tapering at either end, and outer margin smooth. Plant 1 to 2.5 feet in height.

Distribution: Montana in the west to western New York in the east, southward to Florida and Texas.

Habitat: Hairy Puccoon is found in dry woods.

Flowering period: April to June.

Hairy Puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense)

Similar Species:

Hoary Puccoon (Lithospermum canescens)

Narrow-leaved Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)

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