Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : myost
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Myosotis micrantha auct., Myosotis vesitita Velen
Classification: Boraginaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: upright forget-me-not
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Sand-Vergißmeinnicht ; FR : myosotis raide ; IT : nontiscordardimé ; PT : ; EN : upright forget-me-not ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons round, short petiolate.
- Foliage leaves ovate to lanceolate, entire, bristly, in rosettes.
- Height: 3-20 cm.
- Stem upright, hairy, leafy.
- Foliage leaves oval, up to 3 cm long, both surfaces very hairy, on the lower side with hooked hairs on the midrib; rosette leaves petiolate, stem leaves sessile, alternate.
- Flower sky-blue, very small (1-2 mm broad), the lower part pipe-like, in long racemes ; fruit -stem shorter than calyx ; inflorescences are longer than the leafy part of the stem.
- Fruit with 4 monospermous nutlets, nutlet flattened ovate.
- Biological type: annual
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
