Common name: Wood Forget-me-not
Scientific name: Myosotis sylvatica 森林勿忘草, 森林勿忘我, 林地勿忘我
Genus: Myosotis 勿忘草屬
Family: Boraginaceae 紫草科, borage or forget-me-not family
Origin: native
Date: 1st April
An erect plant, can grow to 45 cm tall.
the inflorescence
enlarged below to see the spreading hairs on the stem
stem with spreading hairs
flower buds
the inflorescence
Note the hairs on calyx tube are short, stiff, spreading and hooked.
Calyx densely pubescent with both curved and hooked hairs.
Hairs on the calyx is less dense than in Myosotis arvenis 野勿忘草
enlarged below to see the appressed hairs on the flowering stalks
appressed hairs on the flowering stalks
corolla 6-10 mm (vs equal to or less than 5 mm in M. arvensis 野勿忘草)
Look carefully at the throat of the flower, 5 stamens and 1 style with 2 stigmas could be seen)
style is slightly protruding from the flower (style is longer than calyx tube?)
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The following two photos came from different location:
A very young plant, the inflorescence is still extending.
Hairs on lower surface of the leaves
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