Taxon: Myosotis sylvatica Hoffm.

• the name and diagnosis were together ascribed to "Ehrh. Herb. 31", as verified from original literature
• fide F Manshur, the referenced exsiccata was as M. scorpioides var. sylvatica Ehrh., a nom. nud.

Common names:

• garden forget-me-not   (Source: Dict Gard )
  
• myosotis des forets   (Source: Pulmonaria )
  
• nezabudka lesnaya   (Source: Pulmonaria )
  
• wood forget-me-not   (Source: Econ Pl Aust )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3; Pulmonaria 154.; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

Native:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Turkey
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India [n.]; Nepal; Pakistan [n.]
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part [w.]; Ukraine [w.]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France

Other:

• naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, Macaronesia, & s. Africa

References:

• Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family. (Pulmonaria) 153.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk) [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16) [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica. (F InnMong)
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. (Pl SAfr ed2)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal) [lists as M. "silvatica" Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur) [lists as M. sylvatica (Ehrh.) Hoffm.].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak) [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran) [lists as M. "silvatica" Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal. (F Natal)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec) [lists as M. silvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].

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Synonyms:

• (=) Myosotis alpestris hort.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Myosotis oblongata Link
  

Check other databases for Myosotis sylvatica Hoffm.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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