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
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bigseed Forget-me-not at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 jkm220419_7032
April Pickens County SC
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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
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
3443
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in bottomland forests and alluvial fields, probably associated with nutrient-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes
FRUIT:
Spring
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p116
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p251