Myosotis scorpioides
Siting Information
- Date:
June 10, 2021
- Time:
12:00 p.m.
- Location:
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578)
- Habitat:
hummingbird garden area in front of visitor's center
- Weather: approximately
75 degrees Fahrenheit, some clouds, humid
This specimen was just over one foot tall. The very slightly hairy stems of flowers were interesting to me because they sprawled all over the plant. The leaves of forget-me-nots are arranged alternately. Each leaf is entire.
The five-petaled flowers are a tell-tale blue with a yellow center. The size of the flowers help to determine whether the plant is a true forget-me-not or a smaller forget-me-not. The size of these flowers seemed to indicate True Forget-me-nots, but there is a bit of a crossover in the range of flower widths (at about 1/4").
Final determination of the species lies in the ratio between the length of calyx and the length of the calyx lobes. True Forget-me-nots have shorter lobes (only a quarter the length of the full calyx).
(Newcomb, 2011, p. 194)
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