Boraginaceae

Purple gromwell

Glandora diffusa (Lag.) D.C.Thomas

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Glandora

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 疏花木紫草
English: Purple gromwell
Swedish: Bergstenfrö

Synonyms

Lithodora diffusa (Lag.) I.M.Johnst.
Lithospermum diffusum Lag.

Photos

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Photo: User Wezy on nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jamain, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.