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17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
The sepal teeth are very long, reaching almost beyond younger inflorescences. Leaves are linear to lanceolate. It is only distinguishable from Common Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) by the absence of visible lateral veins on the lowerside of the leaves (there is indeed a central vein). |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
The flowers occur solitarily in the leaf axis and have 5 rounded, white petals. |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
A hairy plant growing to 50cm, up to 80cm max, high. The petals are at the top of a quite long rear tube which is yellowish-cream. |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
There is a hole in the centre of the flower - the top part of the rear linear tube. The white petals have a raised midrib near the centre as they merge with that tube. |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
The corolla is 5 to 9mm across (and only rarely bluish rather than white). |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
Nestling within 4 long sepals are 4 angular, pointed fruits (nutlets). These nutlets also differ from those of Common Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale) by the knobbly appearance of the nutlets (smooth on Common Gromwell. |
17th Sept 2005, unknown place | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
An ant walks off with one of the fruits (greyish-brown warty nutlets) for purposes unknown. Will they eat them? |
Easily confused with : Oliver Gromwell (a politician of old) ;-)
Field Gromwell reportedly contains the
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