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Category: Boraginales

Pentaglottis sempervirens

June 26, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This extremely hairy, pretty, but non-native and invasive member of the family Boraginaceae, really confused me when I first encountered…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginaceae, Boraginales, Eudicots, Pentaglottis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Pentaglottis sempervirens

Phacelia nemoralis 

June 22, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

The identity of these plants has puzzled me for many years. From photos I found Phacelia hastata and P. heterophylla seemed the most superficially…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginales, Eudicots, Hydrophyllaceae, Phacelia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Phacelia nemoralis

Nemophila parviflora (Smallflower Nemophila, Wood’s Nemophila)

June 14, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

So, this plant is an example of a particularly egregious and embarrassing misidentification from the dawn of my interest in…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginales, Eudicots, Hydrophyllaceae, Nemophila, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Nemophila parviflora, Small-flowered Nemophila, Smallflower Nemophila, Wood’s Nemophila

Hydrophyllum tenuipes (Pacific waterleaf)

May 23, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

A dozen or so years ago, when I was first trying to identify wildflowers, I was very puzzled by which…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginales, Eudicots, Hydrophyllaceae, Hydrophyllum, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Hydrophyllum tenuipes, Pacific waterleaf

Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

March 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I have to admit that I had never before taken the time to properly identify one of the popcorn flowers,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginaceae, Boraginales, Eudicots, Plagiobothrys, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, Rusty Popcorn Flower

Myosotis scorpioides (True Forget-me-not)

September 14, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Though this is a European species which has escaped cultivation and has become widely naturalized and even invasive in our…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginaceae, Boraginales, Eudicots, Myosotis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Marsh Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides, True Forget-me-not, Water Forget-me-not

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