Habitat: Corn Gromwell is a weedy species of disturbed habitats such as empty lots, roadsides, and fields.
Flowering period: April to June.
Lucas Land
Corn Gromwell
Buglossoides arvensis
(sy.: Lithospernum arvense)
From Nearctica
Alien: Native of Europe.
Identification: Flowers small, white, with 5 petals, similar to a small, insignificant Forget-me-not flower. Flowers nearly hidden among a series of narrow, pointed, leafy bracts in the leaf axils. Stem hairy. Leaves hairy, narrow and elongate, mostly (although not always) alternate. Plant 6 to 18 inches in height.
Distribution: Throughout most of North America.