Boraginaceae
Lithospermum
Lithospermum erythrorhizon
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Lithospermum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 紫草
- English
- Lithospermum, Purple gromwell, Red gromwell, Red-root gromwell, Redroot lithospermum
- Estonian
- Puna-rusujuur
- Finnish
- Rusojuuri
- Japanese
- ムラサキ, 茈
- Korean
- 지치
- lzh
- 紫草
- Persian
- گرومول بنفش
Synonyms
- Lithospermum murasaki Siebold
- Lithospermum murasakii Siebold
- Lithospermum officinale subsp. erythrorhizon (Siebold & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Lithospermum officinale var. erythrorhizon (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: titanium22 on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Repina Tatyana, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qwert1234, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lithospermum
- European stoneseedLithospermum officinaleBoraginaceae
- Hoary puccoonLithospermum canescensBoraginaceae
- Carolina puccoonLithospermum carolinienseBoraginaceae
- Narrowleaf stoneseedLithospermum incisumBoraginaceae
- American stoneseedLithospermum latifoliumBoraginaceae
- Manyflowered stoneseedLithospermum multiflorumBoraginaceae
- Western stoneseedLithospermum ruderaleBoraginaceae
- California stoneseedLithospermum californicumBoraginaceae
- Lithospermum distichumBoraginaceae
- Giant trumpetsLithospermum macromeriaBoraginaceae
- Lithospermum occidentaleBoraginaceae
- Lithospermum parviflorumBoraginaceae
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.