Species: Myosotis verna
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Early Forget-me-not is an annual with fibrous roots and simple or branched stems that are up to 2 dm high. The alternate leaves are 1-5 cm long and narrowly oblong with short petioles below, though they are broader and sessile above. Foliage is covered with stiff hairs. Tiny, white, short-stalked flowers are borne on terminal, coiled stems that unwind and elongate as flowering progresses from the base upward. The corolla is ca. 1-2 mm across and has a small, united portion below and 5 spreading lobes, 2 of which are shorter than the others. The calyx is covered with short, hook-tipped hairs and 2 of the lobes are smaller than the others. Within each fruiting calyx are 4 smooth, hard seeds, or nutlets.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Dicotyledoneae
Lamiales
Boraginaceae
Myosotis
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Early Forget-me-not is an annual with fibrous roots and simple or branched stems that are up to 2 dm high. The alternate leaves are 1-5 cm long and narrowly oblong with short petioles below, though they are broader and sessile above. Foliage is covered with stiff hairs. Tiny, white, short-stalked flowers are borne on terminal, coiled stems that unwind and elongate as flowering progresses from the base upward. The corolla is ca. 1-2 mm across and has a small, united portion below and 5 spreading lobes, 2 of which are shorter than the others. The calyx is covered with short, hook-tipped hairs and 2 of the lobes are smaller than the others. Within each fruiting calyx are 4 smooth, hard seeds, or nutlets.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life