Gromwell
Location: Main Campus, Prairie Acre; West Campus
Approximate blooming period: March - July
Field or corn gromwell, Lithospermum arvense
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Habitat: Hardy to USDA Zone 0
Height and Form: herbaceous plant about 50 cm tall,
Foliage and Bark: pubescent stems and leaves
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: small, white funnel-shaped flowers with 5 petals, fruits are small, gray, hard and dense
Culture: found in meadows
Cultivars/Varieties: dried and processed to produce a red dye used in cosmestics
