Japanese Mazus
Mazus pumilus
Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon) Family

Japanese Mazus is a small, sprawling annual plant of waste places, disturbed sites, yards and roadsides. Distribution is throughout the Escambia region.

The leaves are alternate on the stem, long leaf stalks; lance-like in outline (occasionally heart-shaped or kidney-shaped), margins toothed and rounded tip.

The flowers are in the leaf axil, irregular in form, three lobed. The corolla is bluish-purple or violet; four stamens. Flowers occur from late spring to early autumn.

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