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 verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Spring Forget-me-not at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis verna
INCLUDED WITHIN Great Plains Flora Association (1986)
Myosotis verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-003:
Myosotis verna FAMILY Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Myosotis virginica
COMMON NAME:
Spring Forget-me-not, Early Forget-me-not, Early Scorpion-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_myvi2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160421_286287
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
An erect, sometimes branched, stem up to 16" high, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm160421_287b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_99
April Spartanburg County SC
Fruiting pedicels more or less erect. Inflorescence internodes < 10mm, per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4910_304
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_182
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_224
April Spartanburg County SC
Flower white; calyx irregular with some of its hairs hooked at the end, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_227
April Spartanburg County SC
Flowers less than 1/8" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_232
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaves oblong or narrowly elliptic, mostly 1-5cm long, 2-10mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_331
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4911_421
April Spartanburg County SC
Found in dry, open woods, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis verna
INCLUDED WITHIN
Great Plains Flora Association (1986)
Myosotis verna
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-003:
Myosotis verna
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Myosotis virginica
3316
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Dry woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, dry fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Piedmont & Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p132
- 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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