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Boraginaceae

Wild Job's tears

Lithospermum virginianum L.

Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Lithospermum

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Wild Job's tears: Photo of Onosmodium virginianum in flower. This is a native plant growing wild in Great Falls Park, in Fairfax county Virginia, USA. This species is a member of
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Wild Job's tears
Japanese
フォルスグロムウェル

Synonyms

  • Lithospermum virginicum L.
  • Onosmodium alabamense Gand.
  • Onosmodium floridanum Gand.
  • Onosmodium hispidum Michx.
  • Onosmodium longistylum Gand.
  • Onosmodium scabrum Roem. & Schult.
  • Onosmodium virginianum A.DC.
  • Onosmodium virginianum var. hirsutum Mack.
  • Osmodium nigrum Raf.
  • Purshia hispida Lehm.

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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.