| Myosotis laxa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Myosotis |
| Species: | M. laxa |
| Binomial name | |
| Myosotis laxa | |
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Myosotis laxa is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae . [2] [3] This species of forget-me-not is known by several common names, including tufted forget-me-not, bay forget-me-not, small-flower forget-me-not, [4] and small-flowered forget-me-not. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout some parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in many types of habitat, including moist and wet areas; it is sometimes aquatic, growing in shallow water.
Henry David Thoreau described Myosotis laxa:
The mouse-ear forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa, has now extended its racemes (?) very much, and hangs over the edge of the brook. It is one of the most interesting minute flowers. It is the more beautiful for being small and unpretending; even flowers must be modest. [5]
