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Myosotis macrosperma Engelmann. Bigseed Forget-me-not. Phen: Apr-May. Hab: Bottomland forests and alluvial fields, probably associated with nutrient-rich soils. Dist: MD west to MO, south to FL and TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl5, G, GW2, Il, K1, K3, K4, NcTx, Pa, RAB, S, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Al-Shehbaz (1991); = n/a – Tat; < Myosotis verna Nutt. – GrPl

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Upright to lax annual/biennial of bottomland forests and alluvial fields, probably associated with nutrient-rich soils.

Stems: Stems slightly angled in leafy portion, loosely branched, rough-hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong to linear-oblong (basal ones spoon-shaped), to 2 1/4 in. long, furry.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers arranged in a coiled raceme that straightens as flowers open and fruit ripen, white, tiny, funnel-shaped with 5 spreading-ascending corolla lobes and a furry calyx tube with 5 lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a brown, furry capsule containing 4 nutlets.

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Height: 6-18 in.

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description: Upright to lax annual/biennial of bottomland forests and alluvial fields, probably associated with nutrient-rich soils.

stems: Stems slightly angled in leafy portion, loosely branched, rough-hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong to linear-oblong (basal ones spoon-shaped), to 2 1/4 in. long, furry.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers arranged in a coiled raceme that straightens as flowers open and fruit ripen, white, tiny, funnel-shaped with 5 spreading-ascending corolla lobes and a furry calyx tube with 5 lobes.

fruits: Fruit a brown, furry capsule containing 4 nutlets.

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