Fringed Puccoon
Lithospermum incisum
Fringed puccoon is a deep-rooted prairie perennial with showy, ruffled trumpet-shaped pale-yellow flowers in spring, a long-lived, drought-proof native for sunny, well-drained prairies and rock gardens. The root has been boiled, roasted, or brewed into a tea.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WI, WY