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 ) – English
  
• wood forget-me-not   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English
  
• myosotis des Alpes   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• myosotis des bois   (Source: L Noms French ed7 ) – French
  
• myosotis des forets   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – French
  
• ne m'oubliez-pas   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• Wald-Vergissmeinnicht   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• miosótis   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• não-me-esqueças   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• não-te-esqueças-de-mim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• nezabudka lesnaya   (Source: Pulmonaria ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• skogsförgätmigej   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

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

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Distributional range:

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

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa; Swaziland
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - North Carolina
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Bennett, M. 2003. Pulmonarias and the Borage family.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Fu, Y. C. et al. 1977–. Flora intramongolica.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. [lists as M. "silvatica" Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Kartesz, J. T. 2011. North American plant atlas. The Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. [lists as M. sylvatica (Ehrh.) Hoffm.].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. [lists as M. sylvatica Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Press, J. R. & M. J. Short, eds. 1994. Flora of Madeira.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. [lists as M. "silvatica" Ehrh. ex Hoffm.].
• Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. [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 web resources for Myosotis sylvatica Hoffm.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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