Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : myodi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Myosotis collina Hoffm., Myosotis versicolor Sm.
Classification: Boraginaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: changing forget-me-not
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Buntes Vergißmeinnicht ; ES : no me olvides ; FR : myosotis à fleurs changeantes ; IT : nontiscordardimé cangiante ; PT : orelha-de-rato ; EN : changing forget-me-not ; NL : veelkleurig vergeet-mij-nietje ; DK : bakke-forglemmige
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons lengthened, spoon-like.
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, entire-margined.
- Height: 10-30 cm. Plant erect, branched, sparsely leafy.
- Stem slender, erect, few-branched.
- Leaves lower in rosette, leaves elliptic, narrow or spatulate, hairy. Cauline leaves sessile.
- Flowers yellowish at first, then blue light-purple, finally blue dark-purple in scorpioid cymes (versicoloured flowers). Corolla circa 4 mm long.
- Fruits dry, indehiscent, with very hard walls, 1-seeded, flattened, ovate, about 1 mm long, not tapered margin, light-brown shining. Fruit pedicels very short and twisted laterally.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion with the other species of Myosotis .
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Myosotis
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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