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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mazus pumilus
FAMILY
Mazaceae
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Read more about Japanese Mazus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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.
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JK Marlow jkm120330_313
March Pickens County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120330_315b
March Pickens County SC
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mazus_pumilus_2
September
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JK Marlow jkm201004_7604
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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
2699
Forb
Annual
Non-native: east Asia
Habitat: Lawns, sandy, rocky, or muddy shores and bars along lakes and rivers, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/ Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p409
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p241
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p286
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p160