Lithospermum erythrorhizon is a species in the Lithospermum genus. It is commonly known as purple gromwell, red gromwell, red-root gromwell, redroot lithospermum, This name is accepted name for the species in the family Boraginaceae subfamily Boraginoideae, . . This species is found in Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Yakutskiya.