Boraginaceae
European stoneseed
Lithospermum officinale
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Lithospermum
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- حجرية البذر المخزنية
- Armenian
- Կաքավկրկուտ դեղատու
- arz
- حجرية البذر المخزنيه
- Asturian
- Miyu del sol
- Azerbaijani
- Dərman səfərotu
- Belarusian
- Верабейнік лекавы
- Bulgarian
- Просо птиче
- Catalan
- Mill del sol
- Chinese
- 小花紫草, 珍珠透骨草, 白果紫草
- Czech
- Kamejka lékařská
- Danish
- Læge-Stenfrø, Lægestenfrø
- Dutch
- Glad parelzaad
- English
- European stoneseed, Common gromwell
- Estonian
- Suur rusujuur
- Finnish
- Rohtorusojuuri
- French
- Grémil officinal
- Georgian
- Კაკბის საკენკელა
- German
- Echter Steinsame, Gebräuchlicher Steinsame
- Hungarian
- Kőmagvú gyöngyköles
- Irish
- Gormail
- Lithuanian
- Vaistinis kietagrūdis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Legesteinfrø
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Lækjesteinfrø
- Persian
- سنگدانه
- Polish
- Nawrot lekarski
- Russian
- Воробейник лекарственный, Деребянка
- Slovak
- Kamienka lekárska
- Swedish
- Stenfrö
- Welsh
- Maenhad
Synonyms
- Lithospermum majus Gilib.
- Lithospermum ochroleucum Stokes
- Lithospermum officinale var. stewartii Kazmi
- Margarospermum officinale Decne.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 309 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lídia Carrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roland Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:04, 21 February 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denise Alano, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Silloth, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Lithospermum
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- 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.