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Common Name: Forget-Me-Not
Scientific Name: Myosotis sylvatica
Family: Boraginaceae
Mills River, North Carolina
April 26, 2002
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Both Forget-Me-Not species feature exquisite, typically blue springtime flowers, tiny but profuse. Annual or biennial. To 6 - 12 inches. Soft, hairy leaves, 1/2 - 2 inches long, set closely along stem. Clear blue, white-eyed flowers to 1/2 inches wide loosely cover upper stems. Flowers and seeds profusely for a long season, beginning in late winter or early spring. With habit of reseeding, plant will persist in garden for years unless weeded out. [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z