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True forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)

True forget-me-not Synonyms: Myosotis palustris

Common Names: Yelloweye forget-me-not, Forget-me-not

Description: Many legends regarding this plant in European folklore. Plant was first recognized in 1532.

Habit: Erect; perennial; 4-24 in tall forb; stems hairy; often creeping; roots fibrous.

Leaves: Alternate, stalkless, hairy, evergreen in ponds.

Stems: Hairy; erect.

Flowers: Blue with a yellow center, 5-parted, 1/4-3/8 in wide, petals flat at the top of the tube, calyx with flat, tight hairs, the lobes much shorter than the tube; calyx drawing inflorescence a terminal, curving, branched cluster (cyme); blooms May to September.

Fruit and seeds: Smooth, shiny nutlets (4) on spreading stalks, blackish in color.

Habitat: Native to Eurasia. Found in moist to wet meadows, ditches, pond margins and swamps.

Reproduction: By seed or vegetatively by stolons.

Similar species: Woodland forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica).

Monitoring and rapid response: Hand-pulling for small infestations.

Credits: The information provided in this factsheet was gathered from the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, USDA PLANTS Database and the University of British Columbia.

Individual species images that appear with a number in a black box are courtesy of the Bugwood.org network (http://www.invasive.org).Individual photo author credits may not be included due to the small display size of the images and subsequent difficulty of reading the provided text. All other images appear courtesy of Google (http://images.google.com).


Common Name:

True forget-me-not

Scientific Name:

Myosotis scorpioides

Family:

Boraginaceae
(Borage)

Duration:

Perennial

Habit:

Herbs

USDA Symbol:

MYSC