Blooms: June - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced in western Washington and some mid-West and Eastern states
Habitat: Roadsides and moist woods at low elevations
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Introduced in western Washington and some mid-West and Eastern states
Habitat: Roadsides and moist woods at low elevations
Species Description:
General: Stiff-hairy perennial from a branched base and fibrous roots, the several stems 0.5-4 dm. tall.
Leaves: Petiolate basal leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 13 cm. long and 13 mm. wide; cauline leaves several, smaller, up to 6 cm. long, sessile, oblong to lance-elliptic.
Flowers: Inflorescence compact, the racemes short, naked; pedicels 3-5 mm. long; calyx 3-5 mm. long, with stiff hairs, some of them hooked, the 5 lobes longer than the tube; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 4-8 mm. wide, blue, flat; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; style shorter than the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, attached near the base, black, smooth and shining.
General: Stiff-hairy perennial from a branched base and fibrous roots, the several stems 0.5-4 dm. tall.
Leaves: Petiolate basal leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, up to 13 cm. long and 13 mm. wide; cauline leaves several, smaller, up to 6 cm. long, sessile, oblong to lance-elliptic.
Flowers: Inflorescence compact, the racemes short, naked; pedicels 3-5 mm. long; calyx 3-5 mm. long, with stiff hairs, some of them hooked, the 5 lobes longer than the tube; corolla tube narrow, the 5 lobes abruptly spreading, the limb 4-8 mm. wide, blue, flat; hairy appendages opposite the corolla lobes at the top of the tube; style shorter than the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, attached near the base, black, smooth and shining.
Accepted Name:
Myosotis sylvatica Hoffm.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Myosotis sylvatica
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Myosotis sylvatica specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Myosotis sylvatica specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Myosotis sylvatica treatment.
E-Flora BC: Myosotis sylvatica atlas page.
CalPhotos: Myosotis sylvatica images.
USDA Plants Database: Myosotis sylvatica.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
H. Tim Gladwin, 1984
H. Tim Gladwin, 1984
H. Tim Gladwin, 1984
H. Tim Gladwin, 1984
Terry Krugel, 1994
Richard Old
Richard Old
Chris Wood, 2010
Paul Slichter, 2009
Douglas Houck, 2012
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