Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Myosotis laxa ssp. laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Myosotis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-002:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
COMMON NAME:
Smaller Forget-me-not, Marsh Forget-me-not, Tufted Forget-me-not
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_myla_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_19
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Blue flowers with a yellow eye, found in wet places, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm160516_725
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160516_727
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmyosotis_laxa
June-July?
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JK Marlow jkm080705_150
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers about 0.2" wide, smaller than M. scorpiodes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm080705_152
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves oblong-lanceolate to spatulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_785
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Myosotis laxa ssp. laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-002:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
959
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain
Look for it in marshes, streambanks, 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
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
(with a yellow eye)
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p194
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p423
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p251
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p136