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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Myosotis macrosperma
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis macrosperma
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-004:
Myosotis macrosperma
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bigseed Forget-me-not, Scorpion-grass, Largeseed Forget-me-not
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_myma_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170408_509
April Laurens County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Flowers only 0.12" wide, in tight helical racemes at branch ends, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm170408_546
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Flower stalks spread outward as fruits mature, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm170408_547
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Fruiting pedicels divergent; inflorescence internodes usually > 10mm, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0020
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0020b
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves sessile, the lower spatulate, the upper elliptic and smaller, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0021
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve