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Read more about Spring Forget-me-not at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-003:
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Spring Forget-me-not, Early Forget-me-not, Early Scorpion-grass
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JK Marlow jkm160421_286287
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
An erect, sometimes branched, stem up to 16" high, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Roxanna Martin rlm41711_99
April Spartanburg County SC
Fruiting pedicels more or less erect. Inflorescence internodes < 10mm, per Weakley's Flora.
Roxanna Martin rlm4911_224
April Spartanburg County SC
Flower white; calyx irregular with some of its hairs hooked at the end, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Roxanna Martin rlm4911_227
April Spartanburg County SC
Flowers less than 1/8" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Roxanna Martin rlm4911_232
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves oblong or narrowly elliptic, mostly 1-5cm long, 2-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm4911_421
April Spartanburg County SC
Found in dry, open woods, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.