Common Gromwell

Lithospermum officinale is a species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae family. It is commonly referred to as Common Gromwell and is native to Eurasia. The plant is notable for being the host species for the caterpillars of the monophagous moth Ethmia dodecea. It was first described in 1753 by L. and is distributed across various regions, including British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Portugal Continental, NO, SE, Flanders, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Vermont-US, AU, BG, Cundinamarca, DK, JP, and CA.