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Myosotis
Also called Forget Me Nots, Scorpion Grass
Myosotis is a genus of small annual or perennial herbs, commonly called forget-me-nots, with tiny blue flowers in spring. Most commonly grown are the woodland forget-me-not (M. sylvatica) and the water forget-me-not (M. scorpioides), which like cool, moist soil.
Myosotis (, MY-ə-SOH-tiss) is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae. In the Northern Hemisphere, they are colloquially known as forget-me-nots or scorpion grasses. The forget-me-not is the official flower of Alaska.
The name comes from the Ancient Greek μυοσωτίς (myosōtis) "mouse's ear", which the foliage is thought to resemble. The genus is not to be confused with the related Chatham Islands species Myosotidium hortensia.
The genus is largely restricted to western Eurasia, with over 60 confirmed species, and New Zealand with around 40 endemic species. A few species occur elsewhere, including North America, South America, and Papua New Guinea. Despite this, Myosotis species are now common throughout temperate latitudes because of the introduction of cultivars and alien species. Many are popular in horticulture. They prefer moist habitats. In locales where they are not native, they frequently escape to wetlands and riverbanks.
Alpine Forget-me-not · Field forget-me-not · Changing forget-me-not · Broadleaf forget-me-not · Woodland forget-me-not
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myosotis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
