NameThatPlant.net: Myosotis macrosperma

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 macrosperma FAMILY Boraginaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Bigseed Forget-me-not at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis macrosperma FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-004:

Myosotis macrosperma FAMILY Boraginaceae

COMMON NAME:
Bigseed Forget-me-not, Scorpion-grass, Largeseed Forget-me-not

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis macrosperma FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis macrosperma FAMILY Boraginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-004:
Myosotis macrosperma FAMILY Boraginaceae

3443

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Bottomland forests and alluvial fields, probably associated with nutrient-rich soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont (rare in NC Mountains) (uncommon 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 & basal

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes

FRUIT:
Spring
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)

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