Species

Myosotis sylvatica

Etymology

Myosotis: mouse-eared
sylvatica: From the Latin sylva 'forest', meaning growing in the forest

Common Name(s)

garden forget-me-not

Family

Boraginaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

MYOSYL

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Blue,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1904

Origin

Temperate Eurasia

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010