Myosotis verna Nuttall. Common name: Early Forget-me-not, Spring Forget-me-not. Phenology: Mar-Jul. Habitat: Dry woodlands, roadsides, disturbed areas, dry fields. Distribution: ME west to SD, south to GA and TX; also from ID and BC south to OR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Al-Shehbaz (1991); = Myosotis virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. — S, misapplied; < Myosotis verna Nutt. — GrPl; Myosotis verna Nutt. Basionym: Myosotis verna Nutt. 1818
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Upright annual/biennial.
Stems: Stems unbranched or occasionally branching, covered in white hairs.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, mostly sessile (lowest leaves with winged bases), oblong to oblong-lance-shaped, 1/2-2 in. long, hairy margined and hairy on both surfaces.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a coiled, hairy raceme (2-8 in. long) at end of stem, which straightens as flowers bloom and fruit ripen; white, 1/8 in. wide, funnel-shaped with 5 rounded corolla lobes and a hairy calyx with 5 lanceolate lobes.
Fruits: Fruit a brown, furry capsule containing 4 nutlets.
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Height: 8-16 in.
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description: Upright annual/biennial.
stems: Stems unbranched or occasionally branching, covered in white hairs.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, mostly sessile (lowest leaves with winged bases), oblong to oblong-lance-shaped, 1/2-2 in. long, hairy margined and hairy on both surfaces.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a coiled, hairy raceme (2-8 in. long) at end of stem, which straightens as flowers bloom and fruit ripen; white, 1/8 in. wide, funnel-shaped with 5 rounded corolla lobes and a hairy calyx with 5 lanceolate lobes.
fruits: Fruit a brown, furry capsule containing 4 nutlets.
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