Common name
English: Yelloweye Forget-me-not
German: Sumpf-Vergissmeinnicht
Portuguese: Miosótis
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Lamiales (171)
Family: Boraginaceae (36)(family description)
Genus: Myosotis (4)
Epithet: scorpioides L. (2)
Synonym: Myosotis palustris Hill
palustris => bog, swamp-loving
scorpioides => scorpion like, when the inflorescence resembles a scorpion's tail
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, yellow
External links
Check for Myosotis scorpioides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [820] Myosotis scorpioides - Plants For A Future database