Lucas Land
Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
All photos by Phil Lucas
From Nearctica
Identification: Flowers small (less than 0.4 inches in width), yellow-orange, with 5 petals, lower half fused into a tube hiding the stamens. Flowers arranged in a flat-topped cluster. Stem and leaves with gray pubescence. Leaves alternate, slender, with a smooth outer margin. Plant 2 to 20 inches in height.
Distribution: Saskatchewan in the west to southern Ontario in the east and southward (primarily in the Mississippi Valley) to Georgia and Texas.
Habitat: Hoary Pucoon is found on dry or sandy soils in prairies or open woods.
Flowering period: April to June.