Lithospermum canescens, or the hoary puccoon is a perennial herb endemic to eastern North America.

Both the leaves and stems are grey-green and pubescent, meaning they are covering with many short, silky, erect trichomes, or hairs.

[5] The plant commonly grows in dry to moderately moist soils, in prairies, woodlands, and the edges of roads.

[6] In the United States, it is native from Nebraska to the west, Texas to the south, New York to the east, and the Canadian border to the north.

[7] Native American children chew the plant with their gum to dye it red, as referenced in the common name "hoary puccoon".