Mar. 30, 2020
gromwell, Lithospermum officinale
Gromwell is a traditional plant of herb gardens. It has been used as a contraceptive, depurative, diuretic, lithontripic, oxytoxic and sedative. Glad to say I didn't know what a lithontripic does. Whether or not it is effective, gromwell seems relatively safe.
You can get 4 ounces of seed, which is the most used part, for $ 10.68 on eBay. Gromwell has escaped in CT, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VT, WI, MB, NB, ON, and QC. Beal Garden, MSU, 5/3/12. Borage family, Boraginaceae.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?