Buglossoides arvensis

Buglossoides arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Buglossoides
Species:
B. arvensis
Binomial name
Buglossoides arvensis
(L.) I.M.Johnst. (1954)
Synonyms
  • Aegonychon arvense (L.) Gray (1821 publ. 1822)
  • Lithospermum arvense L. (1753)
  • Margarospermum arvense (L.) Decne. (1840)
  • Rhytispermum arvense (L.) Link (1829)

Buglossoides arvensis (syn. Lithospermum arvense), known as field gromwell, corn gromwell, bastard alkanet, and stone seed, is a flowering plant of the family Boraginaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, as far north as Korea, Japan and Russia, and as far south as Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. It is known in other places as an introduced species, including much of North America and Australia.