True Forget Me Not Leaves
Forget me not is usually an annual or biennial herb with its success being based on its flexibility.
True forget me not leaves. Across than the native myosotis laxa small forget me not which has flowers about 3 4 mm. Garden forget me not differs by having spreading hooked hairs on its calyx and its calyx teeth are as long or longer than the calyx tube. Perhaps i have found the imposter forget me not instead of the true forget.
For as long as i can remember i ve always known about this wildflower. They are arranged in rounded divergent clusters along the length of the branch. True forget me not is by far the most common forget me not species encountered in minnesota and one of three non native myosotis species in the state.
The leaves of what i found growing out of the plant s stalk do not seem to match what i read of them in the field guides. The leaves are oblong hairy and often stalkless. True forget me not is a larger plant with larger leaves and larger flowers 6 8 mm.
Another species that is sometimes cultivated the non native myosotis sylvatica garden forget me not has a very similar appearance to true forget me not. Paper strips slotted tool circle template glue stick for shaping optional and lastly patience i used. Mine are small ovate stalkless leaves in a whorl of four.
Forget me not s flowers are pollinated by small flies and hymenopterans and if needs be the plant can also self pollinate to ensure its seed production. What the false forget me not looks like is beyond me if there even is such a species. The radially symmetrical flowers are powder blue with bright yellow centers.
The seeds can lay dormant in the soil until they deem it is a suitable time to sprout for up to thirty years and germinate when conditions become favourable. It is in the boraginaceae borage family. True forget me not is a moderately tall sprawling wildflower that measures approximately 15 60 cm.
