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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis discolor
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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Read more about Yellow-and-blue Scorpion-grass at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis discolor
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis discolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-007:
Myosotis discolor FAMILY Boraginaceae
(?) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myosotis versicolor
COMMON NAME:
Yellow-and-blue Scorpion-grass, Changing Forget-me-not
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_myve5_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myosotis discolor
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Myosotis discolor
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myosotis discolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-07-007:
Myosotis discolor
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
(?)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Myosotis versicolor
4073
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish or cream upon opening, turning to blue
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal, helicoid, false racemes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
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