SPRING FORGET-ME-NOT
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Myosotis verna Nutt.
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| Chase County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 4-16 inches |
| Family: Boraginaceae - Borage Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May |
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| Stems: | | Erect or ascending, simple or branched. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple; blade spatulate to oblong, .3 to 2.4 inches long, .04 to .4 inch wide, apex rounded or acute. | | Inflorescences: | | Scorpioid racemes, terminal. | | Flowers: | | Sepals 5, fused below, calyx ca. 1. inch, lobes lanceolate or triangular; corolla white, tubular, .1 to .12 inch, 5-lobed; lobes spreading, apex rounded; stamens 5, included; pistil 1; style 1. | | Fruits: | | Schizocarps; nutlets 4, brown, ovoid to ellipsoid, .05 to .06 inch, smooth, margins sharply keeled. | | Habitat: | | Tallgrass prairie, glades, pastures, and openings in oak-hickory woodlands. | | Distribution: | | East 3/5 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | The plants are hirsute to strigose. Myosotis, mouse and ear, alluding to the leaves of some species and verna, vernal. |
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