NameThatPlant.net: Myosotis discolor

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Myosotis discolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-007:

Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae

(?) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Myosotis versicolor

COMMON NAME:
Yellow-and-blue Scorpion-grass, Changing Forget-me-not

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image of Myosotis discolor, Yellow-and-blue Scorpion-grass, Changing Forget-me-not

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_myve5_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis discolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-007:
Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae

(?) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myosotis versicolor

4073

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish or cream upon opening, turning to blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

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