Biology:Myosotis laxa

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Myosotis laxa
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Scientific classification edit
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

Myosotis caespitosa Schultz

Myosotis laxa is a species of forget-me-not known by several common names, including tufted forget-me-not, bay forget-me-not, small-flower forget-me-not,[1] 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.

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. [2]

References

  1. Lee, Sangtae; Chang, Kae Sun, eds (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. p. 543. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 15 March 2019. 
  2. Thoreau, Henry David; Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1884), The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Houghton, Mifflin and company, p. 109, https://books.google.com/books?id=_14dAAAAIAAJ 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2131873 entry