Myosotis laxa
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Myosotis laxa is a species of forget-me-not
known by several common names, including tufted forget-me-not, bay forget-me-not, and small-flowered forget-me-not. It has a circumboreal distribution
, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere
. It grows in many types of habitat, including moist and wet areas; it is sometimes aquatic
, growing in shallow water.
Henry David Thoreau
described Myosotis laxa:
Forget-me-not
Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots. Its common name was calqued from the French, "ne m'oubliez pas" and first used in English in c. 1532. Similar names and variations are found in many languages.-Description:There are...
known by several common names, including tufted forget-me-not, bay forget-me-not, and small-flowered forget-me-not. It has a circumboreal distribution
Circumboreal Region
The Circumboreal Region is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in Eurasia and North America, as delineated by such geobotanists as Josias Braun-Blanquet and Armen Takhtajan....
, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
. It grows in many types of habitat, including moist and wet areas; it is sometimes aquatic
Aquatic plant
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments. They are also referred to as hydrophytes or aquatic macrophytes. These plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water, or at the water's surface. Aquatic plants can only grow in water or in soil that is...
, growing in shallow water.
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist...
described Myosotis laxa:
The mouse-ear forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa, has now extended
its racemes (?) very much, and hangs over the edge of the brook. It is one of the most interesting minute
flowers. It is the more beautiful for being small and unpretending; even flowers must be modest.