Index / Search / Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum

§1 Plant

Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F. Gmel.) MacMill. var. croceum (Fernald) Cronquist

vernacular Carolina puccoon — variety · Boraginaceae


USDA
LICAC9
GBIF
4062817
Rank
variety
Carolina puccoon (Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum)
Platephotograph · Brian PopelierCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Boraginaceae Juss.
Genus
Lithospermum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 264 counties across 14 states/territories
Legend Native · 264 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 264 counties across 14 states/territories.

Illinois view state ↗ 44 N
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N
Kansas view state ↗ 17 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N
Michigan view state ↗ 46 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 28 N
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 42 N
New York view state ↗ 5 N
Ohio view state ↗ 5 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 45 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LICAC9 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/4062817 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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