Lithospermum tuberosum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyBoraginaceae
Family (Traditional)Boraginaceae
GenusLithospermum
Species:Lithospermum tuberosum Rugel ex DC.
Common NameTuberous Stoneseed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Type: Nutlet; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S3S4] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), McCreary (KY), Metcalfe (KY), Monroe (KY), Pulaski (KY), Russell (KY), Wayne (KY), Bedford (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Van Buren (TN), Wayne (TN), White (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1897 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100316205 Cumberland Kentucky 15 Apr 1999 Ross C. Clark
24188		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
BEREA010171 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184700 Russell Kentucky
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184483 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184448 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184437 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184491 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184475 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184472 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184459 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184464 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184463 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184454 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT024652 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0021813 Claiborne Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316189 Clinton Kentucky 24 Apr 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-123		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316254 Knox Tennessee 23 Jun 1984 H. R. DeSelm
s.n.		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184492 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184480 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184432 Bedford Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184460 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184457 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184490 White Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184441 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184434 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184487 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184439 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184446 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT024651 Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0061282 Franklin Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316262 Rutherford Tennessee 21 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5154		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184449 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184476 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184485 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184443 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184488 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184433 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184450 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184486 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184484 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT024650 Van Buren Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0087694 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0093381 Wayne Kentucky 06 May 2018 Mason Brock
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0021816 Russell Kentucky 31 May 2005 Dwayne Estes
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184470 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184453 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184438 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184451 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184493 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184465 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184435 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184462 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184447 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184468 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184477 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184489 White Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0070737 Pulaski Kentucky 12 Jun 1984 Max Medley
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0085499 Monroe Kentucky 08 May 2017 Mason Brock
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0112875 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
BEREA010170 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Lithospermum tuberosum
31973000006780 Monroe Kentucky 18 Jun 1998 Naczi, Robert
7410		 KNK
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184495 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184442 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184469 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184479 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184473 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184482 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184478 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184461 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184474 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0087688 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0076438 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU033241 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316171 Clinton Kentucky 20 May 1999 Robert F.C. Naczi
7973		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316221 Wayne Kentucky 04 Apr 2002 T. J. Weckman
6904		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316213 Cumberland Kentucky 13 Sep 1997 James B. Beck
138		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316197 Clinton Kentucky 09 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1088		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
31973000006779 Clinton Kentucky 20 May 1999 Naczi, Robert
7973		 KNK
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184436 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184452 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184444 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184467 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184456 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0088289 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0089745 Russell Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU013404 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU026959 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
31973000006781 Clinton Kentucky 15 May 1994 Thieret, John
57365		 KNK
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184471 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184458 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184466 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184455 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0080989 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0074719 Pulaski Kentucky 12 Jun 1984 Max Medley
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0048569 DeKalb Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU028259 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU005414 Pickett Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU013402 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU025808 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU026960 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018498 DeKalb Tennessee 21 Apr 1984 Ginger Johnson
38		 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01686 Franklin Tennessee 16 Apr 2009 Jon Evans
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
31234100316270 Wilson Tennessee 02 May 1980 T. Filipczak
97		 EKY
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184481 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184494 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184440 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
TENN-V-0184445 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT024653 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0056021 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0114531 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0021818 Cumberland Kentucky 21 Sep 1997 James Beck
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU025809 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU025113 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU028065 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU027822 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018503 Rutherford Tennessee E. Rucker
 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01680 Franklin Tennessee 15 Apr 1968 C. Quadland
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0021815 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0021817 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU013400 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU030877 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU005413 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT037472 Wilson Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT037474 Grundy Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01668 Franklin Tennessee 15 Apr 1968 McRae
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01679 Grundy Tennessee 24 Apr 1972 S. Jackson
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU005412 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU025114 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU026961 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU028015 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018500 Tennessee 08 May 1958 E. Rucker
 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01678 Franklin Tennessee 17 May 1996 Mary P. Priestley
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01666 Grundy Tennessee 04 Apr 1962 R.K Goodman
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU032822 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU025810 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU013403 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU013401 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018504 Maury Tennessee 20 Apr 2002 Jennifer Thompson
 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT037471 Wilson Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
UCHT037473 White Tennessee
UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU036578 Pickett Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
N/A Franklin Tennessee 05 May 1898 H. Eggert
 UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0109972 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0056945 White Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0040881 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU034168 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU028016 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
N/A Franklin Tennessee 06 Jun 1897 H. Eggert
 UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
N/A Franklin Tennessee 05 May 1898 H. Eggert
 UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0061068 Cumberland Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0109971 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0073670 Pulaski Kentucky 12 Jun 1984 Max Medley
 APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018499 Wilson Tennessee 15 Mar 1992 Theresa DePalo
 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018501 Rutherford Tennessee 13 Apr 1986 Karen Woodward
 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU014791 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Apr 2008 Brian Huber
27		 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018469 Franklin Tennessee 15 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01685 Franklin Tennessee 22 Apr 1968 Gallager
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
N/A Knox Tennessee A. Ruth
 UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0045270 Russell Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
APSC0112874 Metcalfe Kentucky
APSC
Lithospermum tuberosum
HTTU027689 Franklin Tennessee
HTTU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018502 Wilson Tennessee 28 Apr 1980 John Douglas
45		 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
MTSU018456 Rutherford Tennessee 11 Apr 2009 Eric Kingsley
21		 MTSU
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01681 Van Buren Tennessee 02 May 2001 Chris A. Fleming
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01684 Franklin Tennessee 02 May 1999 Mary P. Priestley
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
N/A Knox Tennessee A. Ruth
573		 UCHT
Lithospermum tuberosum
MEM001749 Wayne Kentucky 20 May 1966 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
11857		 MEM
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01683 Franklin Tennessee 15 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01667 Franklin Tennessee 30 Apr 1968 Elmore
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
UOS01682 Franklin Tennessee 09 May 1978 Mel Schultz
 UOS
Lithospermum tuberosum
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Lithospermum tuberosum - Ashley B. Morris
Lithospermum tuberosum - Ashley B. Morris
Lithospermum tuberosum - Ashley B. Morris
Lithospermum tuberosum - Ashley B. Morris
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Dwayne Estes
Lithospermum tuberosum - Milo Pyne
Lithospermum tuberosum - Milo Pyne
Lithospermum tuberosum - Milo Pyne
Lithospermum tuberosum - Milo Pyne
Lithospermum tuberosum - Milo Pyne
Lithospermum tuberosum - Milo Pyne
Lithospermum tuberosum - Shawn Krosnick
Lithospermum tuberosum - Shawn Krosnick
Lithospermum tuberosum - Shawn Krosnick
Lithospermum tuberosum - Shawn Krosnick
Lithospermum tuberosum - Tara Littlefield
Lithospermum tuberosum - Tara Littlefield
Lithospermum tuberosum - Tara Littlefield
Lithospermum tuberosum - Tara Littlefield
Lithospermum tuberosum - Theo Witsell
Lithospermum tuberosum - Theo Witsell
Lithospermum tuberosum - Margie Hunter
Lithospermum tuberosum - Margie Hunter
Lithospermum tuberosum - Margie Hunter
Lithospermum tuberosum - Margie Hunter