| + | Myosotis alpestris, Schmidt (M. rupicola, Smith). Similar to the last but dwarf, 3-8 in. high: raceme more dense with shorter thicker ascending pedicels which slightly exceed the calyx: nutlets larger. Summer. Eu. G.C. III. 17:650. Gn.W. 25:544. S.H. 2; p. 25 (1898, f. 203) (as var stricta). Gt. 1896, p. 609 (as var. stricta). G.W. 2:550 (as var. stricta). Gn. 33, p. 93.—Fls. said to be fragrant in the evening. Var. stricta, Hort. All the branches erect and strict: appearance peculiar. Var. aurea, Hort. Foliage golden yellow. Commonly cult. |
| Myosotis sylvatica, Hoffm. Fig. 2421. Perennial, hirsute-pubescent, green or cinereous, erect, 1-2 ft. high, branched above: lvs. oblong-linear or oblanceolate, nearly sessile, acutish: pedicels usually much exceeding the calyx; calyx deeply cleft, hirsute, the hairs, except a few at the base, erect and straight: racemes long and loose; corolla blue, 3-4 lines broad, with a yellow eye: nutlets more or less margined and carinate ventrally, sessile. Spring. Dry soil, Eu., N. Asia. G. 28:520.—Common in cult. | | Myosotis sylvatica, Hoffm. Fig. 2421. Perennial, hirsute-pubescent, green or cinereous, erect, 1-2 ft. high, branched above: lvs. oblong-linear or oblanceolate, nearly sessile, acutish: pedicels usually much exceeding the calyx; calyx deeply cleft, hirsute, the hairs, except a few at the base, erect and straight: racemes long and loose; corolla blue, 3-4 lines broad, with a yellow eye: nutlets more or less margined and carinate ventrally, sessile. Spring. Dry soil, Eu., N. Asia. G. 28:520.—Common in cult. |