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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Mazaceae
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Read more about Creeping Mazus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mazus miquelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mazus miquelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-002:
Mazus miguelii FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus
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Feng Jinyong, redrawn by Ji Chaozhen, for Flora of China foc_mazus_miquelii
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JK Marlow jkm140417_956
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant glabrous: leaves obovate, 1-3cm long, 5-15mm wide, distally serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_959
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plant stoloniferous, perennial; corolla 13-22 mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140417_959b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Mazaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mazus miquelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mazus miquelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Mazus miquelii
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-08-002:
Mazus miguelii
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
3678
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Lawns, other moist and disturbed habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/ Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Capsule
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