Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt

Myosotis alpestre (fr), Myosotis des Alpes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Myosotis

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems single, erect or cespitose, 20-45 cm tall, sparsely spreading strigose, sometimes cottony. Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate, narrowly oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate, to 8 cm × 5-12 mm, strigose, hairs discoid at base, base attenuate, decurrent into a wing, margin entire, apex rounded to ± acute; upper stem leaves sessile, smaller. Inflorescences to 15 cm after anthesis, ebracteate. Pedicel erect in fruit, 4-6 mm, densely short strigose. Calyx 1.5-2.5 mm, to 4-5 mm in fruit, parted nearly to base; lobes lanceolate, with densely spreading or hooked hairs, apex acuminate. Corolla blue; tube ca. 2.5 mm; throat appendages ca. 0.5 mm; limb 6-8 mm wide; lobes 5, orbicular, ca. 3.5 mm. Anthers elliptic, apex with an orbicular appendage. Nutlets dark brown, ovoid, ca. 2 × 1 mm, smooth, shiny, base without appendages, margin narrow. 2n = 14, 24, 30, 48, 70, 72.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rare and local in Britain, growing in damp woodlands and meadows, usually on basic rock formations.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal ornamental
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity toxic (unknown strength) (aerial)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Myosotis alpestris habit picture by Sastre Oriol (cc-by-sa)
Myosotis alpestris habit picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Myosotis alpestris habit picture by Fabien Anthelme (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Myosotis alpestris leaf picture by Sastre Oriol (cc-by-sa)
Myosotis alpestris leaf picture by Dave East (cc-by-sa)
Myosotis alpestris leaf picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Myosotis alpestris flower picture by lorraine g (cc-by-sa)
Myosotis alpestris flower picture by 3bbo (cc-by-sa)
Myosotis alpestris flower picture by Ivan Longa (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Myosotis alpestris world distribution map, present in China and France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118892-1
WFO ID wfo-0000368013
COL ID 455SL
BDTFX ID 43161
INPN ID 108987
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Myosotis alpestris Myosotis sylvatica var. alpestris Myosotis sylvatica subsp. alpestris

Lower taxons

Myosotis alpestris subsp. mrkvickana Myosotis alpestris var. albicans