Narrow-leaved Puccoon

(Lithospermum incisum)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of Merel R. Black, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

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

 

Narrow-leaved Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)

Identification: Flowers bright yellow with 5 petals and basal parts of petals fused into a long corolla tube. Stamens hidden in corolla tube. Apices of petals toothed. Flowers arranged in a flat-topped cluster. Stem and leaves weakly hairy. Leaves long and narrow, grasslike. Plant 0.5 to 2 feet in height.

Distribution: British Columbia in the west to Ontario in the east, southward in the east to Indiana, Kansas, and Texas. Occurs throughout most of the western United States.

Habitat:  Narrow-leaved Puccoon is found on dry soils, particularly on prairies.

Flowering period: April to July.

Narrow-leaved Puccoon (Lithospermum incisum)

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The toothed petals and long, narrow leaves distinguish this species from Hairy Puccoon and Hoary Puccoon.

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