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Boraginaceae FAMILY

Buglossoides arvensis

Buglossoides arvensis

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Buglossoides arvensis is an erect, annual plant usually growing 10 - 50cm tall, occasionally to 90cm. The stem is usually unbranched, sometimes few-branched[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is being developed as a potential commercial crop to supply essential fatty acids for the human diet[ 1114 Title Corn Gromwell; A new oil crop for UK farmers, containing stearidonic acid (SDA), an omega-3 fatty acid from plants w Publication Author Dr Lydia Smith Website http://www.niab.com/pages/id/319/Corn_Gromwell Publisher NIAB Year 2010 ISBN Description An internet article, dowmloaded 06/10/2016 ]. Buglossoides arvensis was a well known weed of spring cereals until the extensive use of winter varieties and herbicides made it much rarer.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate
Native RangeAlmost throughout Europe; W. Asia - the Caucasus, Turkey, Syria and Lebanon; N. Africa - Macaronesis, Morocco, Algeria
HabitatA weed of arable fields, rough ground and open grassy places[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Stony slopes, pastures, waste lands, sands, steppes, rarely in forest zone, oases, mountain slopes[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].