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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Mazaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Creeping Mazus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-002:
Mazus miguelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
(?)
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Mazus reptans
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Mazus, Miquel's mazus
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Feng Jinyong, redrawn by Ji Chaozhen, for Flora of China foc_mazus_miquelii
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JK Marlow jkm140417_956
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant glabrous: leaves obovate, 1-3cm long, 5-15mm wide, distally serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140417_959
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant stoloniferous, perennial; corolla 13-22 mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_959b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-002:
Mazus miguelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
(?)
-
Mazus reptans
3678
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: east Asia
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in lawns, 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
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!