E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Myosotis scorpioides L.
European forget-me-not (true forget-me-not)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

© Jamie Fenneman  Email the photographer   (Photo ID #17016)

E-Flora BC Static Map
Distribution of Myosotis scorpioides
Click here to view our interactive map and legend
Details about map content are available here
Click on the map dots to view record details.

Species Information

Click on the image below to view an expanded illustration for this species.



General:
Perennial herb from fibrous roots, often creeping at the base and frequently stoloniferous as well; stems mostly unbranched, angled, inconspicuously appressed-hairy, 15-60 cm long.
Leaves:
Lower leaves oblanceolate, narrowed at base but scarcely stalked; middle and upper leaves more oblong or elliptic to lance-elliptic; 2.5-8 cm long, 7-20 mm wide, nearly glabrous or with short appressed hairs, entire, alternate.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of lax, coiled, narrow, elongating, bractless, terminal clusters, not much longer than leafy part of stem; fruiting stalks spreading, 1-2 times as long as calyces; petals sky-blue, rarely white, fused at base into a tube that spreads flat (4-10 mm wide) at top to 5 lobes, with 5 bulges at the throat; fruiting calyces 3-5 mm long, closely appressed-hairy.
Fruits:
Nutlets 4, clustered together, narrowly egg-shaped, 2-2.5 mm long, blackish, smooth, shining.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

USDA Species Characteristics

Flower Colour:
Blue
Blooming Period:
Mid Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Spring to Summer
Source:  The USDA

Habitat / Range

Moist to wet meadows, ditches, pond margins and swamps in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; frequent in S BC; introduced from Europe.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Myosotis palustris (L.) Hill

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Additional Photo Sources

General References