Myosotis stricta Link ex Roem. & Schult.
blue forget-me-not (strict forget-me-not)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
blue forget-me-not (strict forget-me-not)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from fibrous roots, with short, soft, spreading hairs throughout; stems simple or commonly branched from near the base, to 20 cm tall.
Leaves:
Lowermost leaves oblanceolate or wider; middle and upper leaves more oblong or elliptic; to 2 cm long and 7 mm wide, entire, alternate.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of lax, coiled, narrow, elongating clusters, with some flowers nearly to the base of the stems, with leafy bracts; fruiting stalks ascending to spreading, shorter than calyces; petals blue, fused at base into a tube that flares (1-2 mm wide) at top to 5 small lobes; fruiting calyces 3-5 mm long, with hooked hairs on the sepal-tubes and appressed hairs on the lobes.
Fruits:
Nutlets 4, clustered together, egg-shaped, brown, smooth, shining.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Myosotis stricta
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
751 | 122 | 2109 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
36 | 0 | 80 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
197 | 25 | 320 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
75 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BG(16), CDF(1), ICH(8), IDF(21), PP(18) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry meadows, ditches and disturbed areas in the lowland, steppe and lower montane zones; common in S BC; introduced from Europe.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Myosotis micrantha auct. non Pall. ex Lehm.