Boraginaceae : Lithospermum incisum
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Family Name
Boraginaceae
Common Name
Fringed puccoon
Native American Name
Lakota: Peju'ta sabsa'pa
Description
Lithospermum incisum in a perennial herb from a woody branched caudex, with stems prostrate to erect, 5–25 cm long and branched above, with many stiff straight and appressed hairs. The leaves are predominantly cauline, linear to linear-lanceolate with pointed tips, 13-45 mm long and 4-20 mm wide. The inflorescence may have flowers in the upper leaf axils or cymes at the branch tips. The flowers have green sepals 6–9 mm long and a yellow to yellow-orange funnel-shaped corolla 2–4 cm long, 7–12 mm wide at the top, usually with fringed lobes and the style slightly exerted. The fruit are nutlets 3–4 mm long. Fringed puccoon blooms from April to June on dry prairies, open woods and disturbed areas over much of South Dakota.
Horticulture Notes
Seed Collection: Collect seed in June-July
Germination: Fall planting generally most successful, or soak seeds overnight in hot water before planting in spring.
Soils: Sandy, clay, or loamy soils.
Light: Full sun
Water: Dry
Additional Notes
Fringed puccoon is small, but colorful addition to a rock garden or along a border where it can bee seen.
Lakota name means black medicine.