Myosotis BORAGINACEAE— VERBENACEAE Verbena 



M. verna Nutt. {M. virginica (L.) BSP. See Fernald: Rhodora 

 43, 488. 1941.) 

 Infrequent in the Piedmont of New Castle County, and south- 

 ward on the Coastal Plain to the Virginia Line. May, June. 



Mertensia Roth. 

 M. virginica (L.) DC. Virginia (or Brandywine) Cowslip. 

 Common in alluvial soil in the Piedmont area. Mid- April, May. 



Lithospermum L. Gromwell. 



L. arvense L. Corn Gromwell. 



Common; fields, meadows and roadsides. Piedmont, and 

 southward on the Coastal Plain, at least to Sussex and Dorchester 

 Counties. Mid-April, May. Nat. from Europe. 



Onosmodium Mx. False Gromwell. 



O. virginianum (L.) DC. 



Infrequent, in dry sandy ground. Piedmont, and Coastal Plain 

 of New Castle, Kent (Del.) and Wicomico Counties. June, early 

 July. 



Echium L. 



E. vulgare L. Viper's Bugloss. 



Infrequent, in fields and on roadsides along the Fall Line; one 

 station in Queen Anne's County: near Chestertown, E. G. Vanatta, 

 8 Aug. 1903 (A). Nat. from Europe. 



VERBENACEAE (Vervain Family) 



Verbena L. 



V. officinalis L. European Vervain. 



Infrequent, in streets of Wilmington; also in Cecil, Sussex, 

 Worcester and northern Accomac Counties. July to early Sept. 

 Nat. from Europe. 



V. urticaefolia L. White Verbena. 



Frequent in thickets and waste places, chiefly in the Piedmont; 

 occasional on the Coastal Plain: Noxontown Pond (NC), R. R. 

 Tatnall, 1519, 7 Aug. 1932 (G); near Easton (Ta), Earle, 1734, 31 

 July 1938 (P), and 3112, 4 Sept. 1940 (P). Late June to early Sept. 



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