Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopsis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anchusa arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lycopsis arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopsis arvensis
COMMON NAME:
Small Bugloss, Alkanet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lyar_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lycopsis arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anchusa arvensis
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Lycopsis arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lycopsis arvensis
4178
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
Basal leaves have winged petioles; stem leaves clasp the stem.
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
5 included stamens, fused to corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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