Blooms: June - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Distribution: Introduced in much of western and eastern United States; uncommon in the Pacific Northwest
Habitat: Low to mid-elevations in the mountains

Species Description:

General: Stoloniferous perennial from fibrous roots, the stems 2-6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves 2.5-8 cm. long and 7-20 mm. wide, the lowermost oblanceolate, the others oblong to lance-elliptic.
Flowers: Inflorescence of 2 or 3 racemes terminating each branch, naked and open; pedicels spreading, 3-5 mm. long; calyx 3-5 mm. long, closely appressed-pubescent, the 5 lobes about equal to the tube; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 5-10 mm. wide, flat, blue; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; style longer than the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, attached near the base, blackish, smooth and shining.

Myosotis scorpioides L.

Treated in Flora of the PNW as:

PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Myosotis scorpioides specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Myosotis scorpioides specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.

Washington Flora Checklist: Myosotis scorpioides treatment.

E-Flora BC: Myosotis scorpioides atlas page.

CalPhotos: Myosotis scorpioides images.

USDA Plants Database: Myosotis scorpioides.