Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC
Genus host records with ranges including SC · Lithospermum
- Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
- Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
5BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Lithospermum
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
7BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Lithospermum
- Anthus spragueiiSprague's Pipit
- Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
- Perdix perdixGray Partridge
- Rhynchophanes mccowniiMcCown's Longspur
- Tympanuchus pallidicinctusLesser Prairie-Chicken
- Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
- Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Flies 1
- Bombylius atriceps
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
Adult butterflies / moths 11
- Anosia plexippus
- Papilio asterias
- Pholisora catullus
- Phyciodes tharos
- Plusia simplex
- Thanaos brizo
- Thanaos juvenalis
- Thanaos martialis
- Vanessa atalanta
- Vanessa cardui
Show all 11
- Vanessa huntera
Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Flower color
- Orange or yellow
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Orange or yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “6 inches–1.5 feet” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Light · “Partial shade; Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
- Soil · “Dry; Moist (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Also known as
Hoary Puccoon; Indian Paint; Indianpaint
Conservation status
| South Carolina rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| SC status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- South Carolina occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications