Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis laxa ssp. laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Myosotis at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis laxa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-002:
Myosotis laxa FAMILY Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Myosotis laxa
COMMON NAME:
Smaller Forget-me-not, Marsh Forget-me-not, Tufted Forget-me-not
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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 (Newcomb, 1977).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_785
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis laxa ssp. laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis laxa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-002:
Myosotis laxa
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Myosotis laxa
959
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue
(with a yellow eye)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Newcomb, 1977) p194
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p423
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p251
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p136
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