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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mazus pumilus
FAMILY
Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus pumilus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-001:
Mazus japonicus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Mazus
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JK Marlow jkm120330_311
March Pickens County SC
Plant erect, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120330_315
March Pickens County SC
Leaves mostly basal, opposite, spatulate; uppermost become alternate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm150424_647
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Calyx 5-parted, campanulate, lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140523_168
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Upper lip short, 2-toothed; lower larger, 3-lobed with orange&white palate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm190913_1401
September Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Inflorescence more or less 1-sided, glandular and eglandular short-hairy, per The European Garden Flora. Vol.6 Dicotyledons Longaniaceae to Compositae (Cullen et al., 2000).