Myosotis verna

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Myosotis verna
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Myosotis verna - Guilford County, NC, US. Image by Douglas Goldman
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species:
M. verna
Binomial name
Myosotis verna

Myosotis verna (common names: spring forget-me-not, early forget-me-not, early scorpion grass, spring scorpion grass, or white scorpion grass [1] ) is a herbaceous, annual or biennial plant in the family Boraginaceae. The native range of this species is Canada and the United States. [2]

Description

Myosotis verna is a low, herbaceous plant, reaching up to 40 cm in height. Leaves are alternate, simple and lanceolate. Each leaf has a prominent central vein. [3] The lowest leaves wither away by flowering time. Stems are round in cross-section or angled, multiple and branched at the base or single, erect, few branched above, densely covered in fine, bristly hairs. [4]

Flowers are inconspicuous, five-petaled and typically white, appearing at the ends of the stems. [5] The calyx surrounding the base of the flower is about 6 mm long, twice as long as the flower stalk, with five lance-shaped lobes, three of the lobes longer than the other two, but shorter than the calyx tube. The floral tube is shorter than the calyx, causing the flower to take on a bell shape even when fully open. The calyx is thickly covered in spreading hairs, which may have hooked tips on the lower part. [6]

Nutlets are egg-shaped, appearing in clusters of four, and are shiny, usually black, and measuring between 1.2 - 1.5 mm long, 1.1 - 1.2 mm wide. [7] [8]

This plant thrives in anthropogenic habitats, such as railways, roadsides and disturbed land, as well as in woodlands, dry scrubland, ledges and bluffs. [9] [10]

It flowers April to June, and fruits shortly after flowering. [11] [12]

Myosotis verna is most similar to M. macrosperma , but differs by having the fruit stalks diverging and further spaced apart, and the nutlets tend to be somewhat larger. Also similar are M. stricta and M. discolor , except that the flowers are blue in colour. [13]

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<i>Myosotis sylvatica</i> Species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae

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<i>Myosotis scorpioides</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Salvia arizonica</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Myosotis monroi</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis monroi is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. The species was described by Thomas Cheeseman. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial and erect, and have ebracteate inflorescences with cream or white corollas.

<i>Myosotis macrosperma</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis macrosperma, commonly called largeseed forget-me-not, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae). It is native to North America, where it found in the eastern United States and Ontario, Canada. It is found in a wide variety of natural habitats, including areas of bottomland forests, mesic forests, and prairies. It appears to be associated with nutrient rich soils. It is tolerant of disturbance, and can be found in highly degraded communities such as pastures and fallow fields.

<i>Myosotis retrorsa</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Myosotis umbrosa</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis umbrosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Heidi Meudt, Jessica Prebble and Michael Thorsen described the species. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate habit, bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.

<i>Myosotis albiflora</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis albiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to southern Chile and Argentina. This species was described by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander in Joseph Dalton Hooker's 19th century work Flora Antarctica. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial and have white corollas. It is one of two native species of Myosotis in southern South America, the other being M. antarctica.

<i>Myosotis glabrescens</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis glabrescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Lucy Moore described the species in 1961. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are tightly compacted, perennial mats with bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.

<i>Myosotis matthewsii</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis matthewsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Lucy Moore described the species in 1961. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.

<i>Myosotis pulvinaris</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis pulvinaris or the Cushion Forget-Me-Not is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in 1867. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate, compact, cushion habit, short bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.

<i>Myosotis tenericaulis</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis tenericaulis is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Donald Petrie described the species in 1918. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with creeping, sprawling bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.

<i>Myosotis lyallii</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis lyallii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in 1853. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate habit, bracteate or partially-bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.

<i>Myosotis brevis</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis brevis is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to New Zealand. George Simpson and J.S. Thomson described M. pygmaea var. minutiflora in 1942, and Peter de Lange and John Barkla recognized it at species rank in 2010, as M. brevis. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are small and annual, with a prostrate habit, bracteate inflorescences, tiny white corollas, and brown or green leaves.

<i>Myosotis goyenii <span style="font-style:normal;">subsp.</span> goyenii</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis goyeniisubsp. goyenii is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to southern South Island of New Zealand. Donald Petrie described the species M. goyenii in 1891. Plants of this subspecies of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes which form loose clumps, with ebracteate, erect inflorescences, and white corollas with partly exserted stamens.

<i>Myosotis hikuwai</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis hikuwai is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Heidi Meudt, Jessica Prebble and Geoff Rogers described M. hikuwai in 2022. Plants of this forget-me-not are spring annuals with bracteate and erect inflorescences, and small, white corollas with inserted stamens. The species is considered Threatened and known only from one population near Wānaka.

<i>Myosotis pansa <span style="font-style:normal;">subsp.</span> praeceps</i> Subspecies of flowering plant

Myosotis pansa subsp. praeceps is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. Lucy Moore described the variety M. petiolata var. pansa in 1961, and it was transferred to a subspecies of M. pansa by Heidi Meudt, Jessica Prebble, Rebecca Stanley and Michael Thorsen in 2013. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with partially bracteate inflorescences and white corollas with exserted stamens.

<i>Myosotis <span style="font-style:normal;">×</span> bollandica</i> Hybrid species of flowering plant

Myosotis × bollandica, also known as the Bowland forget-me-not, is a hybrid species of flowering plant within the genus Myosotis and family Boraginaceae. The hybrid displays an overall appearance intermediate between the parent species M. secunda and M. stolonifera.

<i>Myosotis laingii</i> Species of flowering plant

Myosotis laingii is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, and considered to be extinct. Thomas Cheeseman described the species in 1912. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with ebracteate inflorescences and yellow corollas with stamens that are fully exserted.

References

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  2. ↑ "Myosotis verna Nutt. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Spring Scorpion Grass (Myosotis verna)". www.illinoiswildflowers.info. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Myosotis verna (Spring Forget-me-not): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  5. ↑ Webmaster, Patrick O'Toole and David Ratz. "WY Field Guide". fieldguide.wyndd.org. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  6. ↑ "Myosotis verna (Spring Forget-me-not): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  7. ↑ "NameThatPlant.net: Myosotis verna". www.namethatplant.net. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  8. ↑ "SEINet Portal Network - Myosotis verna". swbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  9. ↑ "Myosotis verna (spring forget-me-not): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  10. ↑ "Myosotis verna page". www.missouriplants.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  11. ↑ "Myosotis verna". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  12. ↑ "Vascular Plants of North Carolina". auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
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