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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Boraginaceae
Myosotis verna Nutt.
early scorpion-grass, white forget-me-not
Myosotis: from mys for "mouse" and ous for "ear," referring to short, soft leaves of some species
verna: of spring
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 2"-8" tall forb, hairy throughout |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, less than 1/8" wide, petals not flat, calyx with hairs hooked below and upright above, its 3 lobes shorter than the other 2;  inflorescence a terminal, leafless, curving, branched clusters (cyme); blooms April-July |
| Fruit: | nutlet with mostly erect stalks |
| Leaf: | mostly stalkless, oblong with a rounded tip |
| Habitat: | dry; upland woods, fields |
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