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Each value Trefle shows for Lithospermum ruderale, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Source not recorded15 Not on the record4 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Douglas ex Lehm.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Nov. Stirp. Pug. 2: 28 (1830)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1830	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Western gromwell	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	WC. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	empty	45.72 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Multiple Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 818	Sourced
Ecology
Ph maximum	pH 7.8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 6	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	191 cm	191 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 818	Sourced
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Low · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Lithospermum ruderale Douglas ex Lehm., 1830 35% complete

Western gromwell

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