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
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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