Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Buglossoides Moench
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Buglossoides purpurocaerulea (L.) I.M.Johnst. (1954) – as purpureo-caeruleum
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum L.
  • ≡ Aegonychon purpurocaeruleum (L.) Holub
 Description

Perennial with creeping, almost woody, rhizomatous stems from which arise prostrate vegetative shoots and erect flowering shoots; flowering shoots densely hairy, not branched, to c. 40 cm high. Lvs sessile, to c. 8 × 1–3 cm, linear-lanceolate or narrow-elliptic, clothed in ± appressed hairs on both surfaces; apex acute or almost acuminate. Cymes short, < large leafy bracts. Calyx divided to base, 6–10 mm long; lobes linear, densely hairy. Corolla c. 1–1.75 cm long; limb 1–1.5 cm diam., purplish or bright blue; lobes clothed in appressed hairs outside, obtuse. Stamens inserted in upper 1/2 of tube. Nutlets c. 4 × 3 mm, ovoid, shining, smooth, white.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum L.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Dec.

 Bibliography
Cecchi, L.; Coppi, A.; Hilger, H.H.; Selvi, F. 2014: Non-monophyly of Buglossoides (Boraginaceae: Lithospermeae): Phylogenetic and morphological evidence for the expansion of Glandora and reappraisal of Aegonychon. Taxon 63(5): 1065–1078.
Hilger, H.H.; Gottschling, M.; Selvi, F.; Bigazzi, M.; Långström, E.; et.al 2005: The Euro Med treatment of Boraginaceae in Willdenowia 34 — a response. Willdenowia 35(1): 43–48.