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Myosotis scorpioides

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Myosotis scorpioides

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Also known as true forget-me-not, water forget-me-not

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

*Myosotis scorpioides*, also known as the true forget-me-not, is a species within the family Boraginaceae. It belongs to the genus *Myosotis* and is classified under the order Boraginales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon was described by L.

The species has been assessed by the IUCN Red List as Least Concern, with a status year of 2011. Records indicate its presence in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Various institutions, including INECOL, UACH, CHSC, FCN-UAQ, and RSA, hold associated media and records.

Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderBoraginales
  5. FamilyBoraginaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark
Observations recorded402,421

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
7,249
With media
5,889
Family
Boraginaceae
Collections
INECOL, UACH, CHSC, FCN-UAQ, RSA, BHSC
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Myosotis
Image
Myosotis scorpioides - Niitvälja bog.jpg
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Myosotis scorpioides
taxon rank
species
taxon name
Myosotis scorpioides
Commons category
Myosotis scorpioides
taxon common name
沼泽勿忘草
short name
M. scorpioides
taxon author citation
L.
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Encyclopedic overview

Myosotis scorpioides (syn. Myosotis palustris), the true forget-me-not or water forget-me-not, is a forget-me-not plant species in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

Distribution and habitat

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myosotis scorpioides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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