OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mazus miquelii   FAMILY Mazaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Mazus miquelii, Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus

Feng Jinyong, redrawn by Ji Chaozhen, for Flora of China    foc_mazus_miquelii

        

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image of Mazus miquelii, Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus

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).

image of Mazus miquelii, Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus

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).

image of Mazus miquelii, Creeping Mazus, Miquel's Mazus

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3678

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Lawns, other moist and disturbed habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Rare

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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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