| Family |
Boraginaceae |
| Scientific name |
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnston |
| Synonyms |
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnston forma incrassata (Gussone) R.
Fernandes; Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnston subsp. gasparrinii
(Heldreich ex Gussone) R. Fernandes; Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnston
subsp. incrassata (Gussone) Kerguélen; Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M.
Johnston subsp. occidentalis Franco; Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnston
subsp. permixta (Jordan ex F. W. Schultz) R. Fernandes; Buglossoides arvensis
(L.) I. M. Johnston subsp. sibthorpiana (Grisebach) R. Fernandes; Buglossoides
arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnston var. coerulescens (de Candolle) O. E. Eriksson;
Buglossoides gasparrinii (Heldreich ex Gussone) Pignatti; Buglossoides
incrassata (Gussone) I. M. Johnston; Buglossoides permixta (Jordan ex F.
W. Schultz) Holub; Lithospermum arvense L.; Lithospermum arvense L. subsp.
gasparrinii (Heldreich ex Gussone) M. Lainz; Lithospermum arvense L. var.
incrassatum (Gussone) Cincovic & Kojic; Lithospermum calycinum Wettstein
ex Stapf; Lithospermum gasparrinii Heldreich ex Gussone; Lithospermum incrassatum
Gussone; Lithospermum permixtum Jordan ex F. W. Schultz; Lithospermum sibthorpianum
Grisebach |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) inu-murasaki [false murasaki (murasaki = Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zuccarini] |
| (English common name) corn gromwell, field gromwell, pigeonweed |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku |
| (Other nations) China, Russia, Caucasus, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Afganistan,
Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Europe, Algeria, Egypt,
Morocco, Tunisia |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=28, 42 |
| Description |
Plants 20-50cm. Flowers white 3-4mm, flowering in April to July. Winter
annual plants. |
| Reference |
Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnst. |
| Buglossoides arvensis (L.) I. M. Johnst. |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (naturalized after World War II). |
