Mountain forget-me-not (Myosotis asiatica)

Mountain forget-me-not, a reference photo — Photo: 阿橋 HQ · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Myosotis asiatica, the Asian forget-me-not, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the flowering plant family Boraginaceae, native to most of Asia and northwestern North America. It was formerly often treated as a subspecies of the European Myosotis alpestris (Alpine forget-me-not), as M. alpestris subsp. asiatica Vestergr.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mountain forget-me-not being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Myosotis alpestris
Myosotis imitata
Eritrichium villosum
Myosotis semiamplexicaulis
Myosotis decumbens

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Myosotis
Species: Myosotis asiatica

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