Boraginaceae
Narrowleaf stoneseed
Lithospermum incisum
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Lithospermum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Narrowleaf stoneseed
Synonyms
- Batschia decumbens Nutt.
- Batschia longiflora Pursh
- Cyphorima angustifolia Nieuwl.
- Cyphorima decumbens (Nutt.) Raf.
- Cyphorima linearifolia Lunell
- Cyphorima longiflora Raf.
- Cyphorima mandanensis (Spreng.) Lunell
- Heliotropium helianthemoides Shuttlew. ex A.DC.
- Lithospermum albicans Greene
- Lithospermum angustifolium Michx.
- Lithospermum asperum A.Nelson
- Lithospermum breviflorum Engelm. & Gray
- Lithospermum ciliolatum Greene
- Lithospermum decumbens (Nutt.) Torr.
- Lithospermum helianthemoides Shuttlew. ex DC.
- Lithospermum linearifolium Goldie
- Lithospermum mandanense Spreng.
- Lithospermum oblongum Greene
- Pentalophus longiflorus (Spreng.) A.DC.
- Pentalophus longiflorus (Pursh) DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,694 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Esben Kjaer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sophia K, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Adams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petrified Forest National Park, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.