Myosotis laxa

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.

Myosotis laxa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 Lehm.
Synonyms[2]
Myosotis cespitosa var. laxa (Lehm.) DC. Myosotis palustris var. laxa (Lehm.) A.Gray Myosotis scorpioides subsp. baltica (Lehm.) Hegi Myosotis scorpioides subsp. laxa (Lehm.) Hegi

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]