Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis stricta
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Scorpion-grass at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis stricta
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis stricta
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-008:
Myosotis micrantha FAMILY Boraginaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myosotis micrantha
COMMON NAME:
Blue Scorpion-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mymi_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170415_698
April Haywood County NC
Parking lot
Pubescent annual to 2dm tall. Fruiting pedicels much shorter than the calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm170415_698b
April Haywood County NC
Parking lot
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JK Marlow jkm170415_702
April Haywood County NC
Parking lot
Corolla blue, ~ 1.5mm broad, tube not exceeding the calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm170415_703
April Haywood County NC
Parking lot
Plants floriferous nearly to the base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm170415_703b
April Haywood County NC
Parking lot
Basal leaves 1-2cm long, narrowed to a winged petiole; cauline leaves sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis stricta
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis stricta
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis stricta
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-008:
Myosotis micrantha
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myosotis micrantha
4069
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
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