Hoary Puccoon - Lithospermum canescens
Above: Hoary Puccoon in the Curtis Prairie in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin. (5/19/22).
Hoary Puccoon - Lithospermum canescens
Hoary Puccoon is a native flowering plant that grows in areas with dry to moderate moisture such as prairies and woods.
The yellow to orange flowers are funnel shaped with 5 parts that are about 1/3" - 1/2" wide (petal lips are smooth).
Blooms April-June.
Hoary Puccoon is easily mistaken with Carolina Puccoon that has larger flowers that are about 1" wide and has longer sepals that are about 1/2" inch long (Whereas, the sepals on Hoary Puccoon are less that 1/4" long).
Above: Hoary Puccoon leaf edges are toothless with a blunt point. The underside of the leaves are densely fuzzy and are a soft pale green/gray color. You can also see the short sepals.
For more information on Hoary Puccoon, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Hoary Puccoon - Lithospermum canescens.
Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
Above: Hoary Puccoon in the Curtis Prairie in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin (5/19/22).
Above: Hoary Puccoon in the Curtis Prairie in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin (5/21/22).
Above: 1913 line drawing of Hoary Puccoon.
Above: Hoary Puccoon specimen collected in the Crex Meadows Wildlife Area near Grantsburg in Burnett County on May 23, 2019.
Above: Hoary Puccoon specimen collected in a prairie near Janesville in Rock County in Burnett County on May 29, 1930.
