Yellow Puccoon

Plant Profile
FYUSE 3d Image	Common Name: Yellow Puccoon Other Names: Narrowleaf Gromwell Species Name: Lithospermum incisum Plant Type: Forb Family Name: Boraginaceae, Borage Family


Plant Facts
Origin	Native
Duration	Perennial
Distribution in the U.S.	Ontario and Manitoba in the northeast to British Columbia, Utah and Nevada in the west; northern Mexico, New Mexico and Texas in the south
Distribution in Oklahoma	Throughout the state

ID Characteristics

Field Identification Characteristics
Vegetative
- Dark green foliage
- Leaves oblong and narrow; at base along stem and clustered beneath flowers
- Stems erect and branching from base
Floral
- Bright yellow to yellow-orange tubular flowers terminating in 5 petals
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
- Leaf Shape: Linear to lanceolate
- Stipules: Absent
Floral Characteristics
- Petal Number: 5, fused
- Flower Color:Pale yellow or yellow-orange
- Flower Timing: April-June
- Fruit Type: Nutlets