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Coastal Plain Puccoon

Lithospermum caroliniense

Found in longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy soils. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native status unresolved in West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 West Virginia county.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 52 animals.

Widespread birds also seen here (35)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Lithospermum

  • Haploa leconteiLeconte's Haploa
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
1BirdsRecorded eating Lithospermum in West Virginia

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Birds whose range includes West Virginia, most records first.

Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab)

Direct food only. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Birds that eat Lithospermum 1

Diet records by plant genus, from studies across North America. Not a record from this state. Avian Diet Database (Hurlbert Lab), CC0 1.0.

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
BORAGINACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

West Virginia rankSNR
Global rankNot available
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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