Species of flowering plant in the borage family Boraginaceae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Myosotis sylvatica, the wood forget-me-not or woodland forget-me-not,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the familyBoraginaceae, native to Europe. This spring-flowering plant and its cultivars, typically with blue flowers, are the familiar forget-me-nots of gardens.
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It is a short-lived herbaceousperennial plant, growing to 12–30cm (5–12in) tall by 15cm (6in) wide, with hairy leaves and a profusion of flowers with petals longer than their tube, pink in bud then opening disc-shaped, intensely sky-blue with yellow centres in spring.
Stace (2011)[2] describes this plant as having the following characteristics:
Upright, to 50cm; softly hairy, with hairs at more-or-less right-angles to the main stem.
Flowers sky-blue, to 6–10mm across, flat in profile; sepal tube with hooked hairs; April–July.[3]
Mature fruit dark brown, shiny.
Mature calyx on spreading stalks longer than sepal tube; calyx teeth spreading to expose the ripe fruit.
Basal leaves stalked, in a rosette; upper leaves not stalked.
Inflorescence of Myosotis sylvaticaGenerally found in woods, scree and rock ledges; common throughout the British Isles.
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Cultivation
Widely cultivated throughout the temperate world, it is particularly associated with spring bedding schemes involving other spring-flowering subjects, notably daffodils, tulips, wallflowers, and primulas. Typically seeds are sown one year to flower the next. Though short-lived, plants readily self-seed in favourable situations. Plants maintain leaf growth throughout winter.