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Photographer: Richard Bauer
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Family Boraginaceae
Myosotis scorpioides L.
common forget-me-not, forget-me-not, true forget-me-not, water scorpion-grass
Myosotis: from mys for "mouse" and ous for "ear," referring to short, soft leaves of some species
scorpioides: scorpion-like
Invasive - Eradicate!
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-24" tall forb, stems hairy, often creeping; roots fibrous |
| Flower: | blue with a yellow center, 5-parted, 1/4"-3/8" wide, petals flat at the top of the tube, calyx with flat, tight hairs, the lobes much shorter than the tube;  inflorescence a terminal, curving, branched cluster (cyme); blooms May-Sept. |
| Fruit: | smooth, shiny nutlets on spreading stalks |
| Leaf: | alternate, stalkless, hairy, evergreen in ponds |
| Habitat: | wet; shores, shallows, streambanks, springs |
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