Myosotis sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm., 1791

Common names

🇬🇧 Wood Forget-me-not
🇫🇷 Myosotis des forêts

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Cynoglossoideae
Tribe: Myosotideae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Myosotis sylvatica

Presence

Cryptogenic.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

M. sylvatica subsp. cyanea (Boiss. & Heldr.) Vestergr., 1938;
M. sylvatica subsp. elongata (Strobl) Grau, 1964;
M. sylvatica subsp. pseudovariabilis (Popov) Petrovsky, 1980;
M. sylvatica subsp. subarvensis Grau, 1964;
M. sylvatica subsp. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm., 1791, C;

Hybridizes with M. arvensis (L.) Hill, 1764 to produce M. × parviflora (Schur) Domin, 1939, P.

Photographs

img/myosotis-sylvatica.webp — Myosotis sylvatica

img/myosotis-sylvatica-2.webp — Myosotis sylvatica

img/myosotis-sylvatica-3.webp — Myosotis sylvatica - Cauline leaf

img/myosotis-sylvatica-4.webp — Myosotis sylvatica - Basal leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 552). Biotope.