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Alpine forget-me-not

Myosotis alpestris

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Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 87, February 65, March 101, April 159, May 229, June 250, July 268, August 230, September 169, October 126, November 69, December 54.
United States2,153
Alaska1,808
Canada436
Italy322
Russia271
France213
Nord-Ovest204
British Columbia194
Austria180
Switzerland134

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusForget-me-nots · Myosotis

Sources

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Practise Alpine forget-me-not with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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