OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mazus pumilus   FAMILY Mazaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus pumilus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

Mazus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Mazus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-001:

Mazus japonicus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Japanese Mazus


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image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm120330_311

March    Pickens County    SC

Plant erect, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm120330_313

March    Pickens County    SC

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm120330_315

March    Pickens County    SC

Leaves mostly basal, opposite, spatulate; uppermost become alternate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm120330_315b

March    Pickens County    SC

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm150424_647

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Calyx 5-parted, campanulate, lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm140523_168

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Upper lip short, 2-toothed; lower larger, 3-lobed with orange&white palate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm190913_1401

September    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Inflorescence more or less 1-sided, glandular and eglandular short-hairy, per The European Garden Flora. Vol.6 Dicotyledons Longaniaceae to Compositae (Cullen et al., 2000).

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mazus_pumilus_2

September        

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm201004_7604

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Mazus pumilus, Japanese Mazus

JK Marlow    jkm211102_4714

November    Pickens County    SC

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mazus pumilus   FAMILY Mazaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus pumilus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mazus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-001:
Mazus japonicus   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2699

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Lawns, sandy, rocky, or muddy shores and bars along lakes and rivers, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Uncommon (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue/ Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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