Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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Read more about Field Forget-me-not at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-005:
Myosotis arvensis FAMILY Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Myosotis arvensis
COMMON NAME:
Field Forget-me-not, Field Scorpion-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_myar_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-005:
Myosotis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Myosotis arvensis
3315
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
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