| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. |
| Bibliography | Pl. Asperif. Nucif.: 303 (1818) |
| Native Range | Canada to n. & w. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | setose, all leaves on stem, oblong to narrowly lanceolate, 2-6cm, flowers crowded in axills of upper leaves, crateriform, 10-20mm long, corolla lobes laciniate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Batschia decumbens Nutt. Batschia longiflora Pursh Cyphorima angustifolia Nieuwl. Cyphorima decumbens (Nutt.) Raf. Cyphorima linearifolia Lunell Cyphorima longiflora (Pursh) Raf. Cyphorima mandanensis (Spreng.) Lunell Heliotropium helianthemoides Shuttlew. ex A.DC. Lithospermum albicans Greene Lithospermum angustifolium Michx. Lithospermum asperum A.Nelson Lithospermum breviflorum Engelm. & A.Gray Lithospermum breviflorum var. punctulatum Engelm. Lithospermum ciliolatum Greene Lithospermum decumbens (Nutt.) Torr. Lithospermum helianthemoides Shuttlew. ex DC. Lithospermum linearifolium Goldie Lithospermum longiflorum (Pursh) Spreng. Lithospermum longiflorum var. mirabile Brand Lithospermum mandanense Spreng. Lithospermum multiflorum S.Watson Lithospermum oblongum Greene Pentalophus longiflorus (Pursh) DC. Pentalophus mandanensis (Spreng.) DC. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (INI Indiana, MIC Michigan) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (FLA Florida, LOU Louisiana) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |