Myosotis discolor

Myosotis discolor is a species of forget-me-not known by the common name changing forget-me-not. It is native to Europe, and it can also be found throughout eastern and western North America, where it is an introduced species. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as roadsides.

Myosotis discolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Myosotis
Species:	M. discolor
Binomial name
Myosotis discolor Pers.

Description

It is a hairy annual or perennial herb growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall with a slender, sometimes branching, erect stem. The sparse linear, lance-shaped, or oblong leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and under a centimeter wide. They are coated in straight hairs. The inflorescence is a coiled or curved array of tiny (less than 2mm) flowers at the top of the stem. The flowers are initially yellow or cream, changing to pink and then to blue as they mature, giving rise to the common name.^{[1]: 208 [2]: 564}

Gallery

Inflorescences

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  Tom McCall Preserve, Oregon
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  Great Holland Pits, Essex, UK
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  Unterfranken, Germany
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  Parksville, BC

Flowers

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  Rügen, Germany
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  Unterfranken, Germany

Herbarium

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  University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California

Botanical illustrations

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  Plate 16 in Joseph Sturm's Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796), vol. 11
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  Plate 631 in Flora Batava, vol. 8
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  Plate 223 in Martin Cilenšek's Naše škodljive rastline (1892)

References

1. Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora. London: A & C Black. ISBN 978-1408179505.
2. Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Burke Museum Profile
• Photo gallery