Buglossoides tenuiflora(L.f.) I.M.Johnst.

WFO wfo-0000574446 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Buglossoides tenuiflora, photographed by Udi Oron אודי אורון
fig. a Udi Oron אודי אורון, CC0 1.0 / 2022-02-07 / obs. 178601640
Buglossoides tenuiflora, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. b Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186821836
Buglossoides tenuiflora, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. c Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186821795
Buglossoides tenuiflora, photographed by Сергей Крыленко
fig. d Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186821818

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Buglossoides tenuiflora is native: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Bulgaria, Greece, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., South European Russia EgyptLibyaTunisiaAfghanistanCyprusEast Aegean Is.Gulf StatesIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanKuwaitLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanPakistanWest HimalayaBulgariaGreeceKrymNW. Balkan Pen.South European Russia
Native distribution of Buglossoides tenuiflora, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
East Aegean Is. EAI
Gulf States GST
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Kuwait KUW
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Bulgaria BUL EUROPE
Greece GRC
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
South European Russia RUS
Egypt EGY AFRICA
Libya LBY
Tunisia TUN
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Buglossoides ramosissima Moench
  • Lithospermum aegyptiacum Mikan ex Schrank
  • Lithospermum apulum Eichw.
  • Lithospermum fulvidulum Bertol.
  • Lithospermum tenuiflorum L.f.
  • Myosotis tenuiflora (L.f.) Viv.
  • Rhytispermum tenuiflorum Rchb.f.
  • Rhytispermum tenuiflorum Link

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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