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Occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands
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Etymology 2 n. (taxlink Lithospermum arvense species noshow=1), a plant of the genus ''Lithospermum'' anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of kidney stones.
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n. European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands [syn: Lithospermum officinale ]
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Gromwell may refer to plants in one of two closely related genera:- Lithodora Lithospermum
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Gromwell \Grom"well\, n. [Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum ( L. arvense ), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The ...
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Poole, and then going over on most Wednesdays to see how they were getting on - a practice interrupted only by his horse playing the fool and coming down with him on a slippery piece of road near Gromwell, a foolish caper that resulted in a broken collar-bone and the replacement of the sprightly gelding by the serious-minded grey mare.
The most striking characteristics of the Prostrate Gromwell are its fine dark blue flowers and procumbent habit.