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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Borages
  6. Borage Family
  7. Myosotideae
  8. Forget-me-nots

genus

Forget-me-nots

Myosotis

Traits
Includes
4 native 8 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Wood Forget-me-not introduced
  • Water Forget-me-not introduced
  • Field Forget-me-not introduced
  • Broadleaf Forget-me-not introduced
  • Blue Forget-me-not introduced
  • Diffuseflowered Forget-Me-Not
  • Early Forget-me-not introduced
  • Alpine Forget-me-not present
  • Bay Forget-me-not native
  • Large-seeded Forget-me-not native
  • Mountain Forget-me-not native
  • Myosotis imitata
  • Early Forget-me-not native
  • Myosotis decumbens
  • Myosotis forsteri
  • Creeping Forget-me-not
  • Myosotis antarctica
  • Myosotis traversii
  • Azorean Forget-me-not
  • Myosotis discolor

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Annual Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native forget-me-nots All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Early Forget-me-not Myosotis verna caterpillars 2 food 4 flowers 42
  • Bay Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa caterpillars 2 food 3 flowers 25
  • Large-seeded Forget-me-not Myosotis macrosperma caterpillars 2 food 2 flowers 15
  • Mountain Forget-me-not Myosotis asiatica caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 15

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