North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Boraginaceae > Onosmodium (Marbleseed, False Gromwell)
	Virginia Marbleseed, Wild Job's Tears, Virginia False Gromwell (Onosmodium virginianum) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Statewide but rare in NC. Weakley states that they are most often found on circumneutral soils in open woodland conditions maintained by fire.
	Virginia Marbleseed, Wild Job's Tears, Virginia False Gromwell (Onosmodium virginianum) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Fruits are shiny white nutlets.
	Virginia Marbleseed, Wild Job's Tears, Virginia False Gromwell (Onosmodium virginianum) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Leaves and stem are densely pubescent.
	Virginia Marbleseed, Wild Job's Tears, Virginia False Gromwell (Onosmodium virginianum) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.