{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = Azorean forget-me not | image = Moyosotis azorica RHS.jpeg | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | genus = Myosotis | species = azorica | authority = H.C. Watson | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Caldas, F.B. |date=2011 |title=''Myosotis azorica'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T161888A5509299 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T161888A5509299.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | synonyms = ''Myosotis maritima'' <small>Hochst. ex Seub.</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2358208 The Plant List]</ref> }}

'''''Myosotis azorica'',''' common name '''Azorean mouse-ear''' or '''Azorean forget-me-not''', is a plant species [[endemic]] to the [[Azores Islands]] in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]].

==Description== ''Myosotis azorica'' is a [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[Herbaceous plant|herb]] with decumbent stems up to 30&nbsp;cm (12 inches) tall. Leaves are lanceolate, clasping the stem, with numerous soft flexible hairs. Flowers are borne in "scorpioid cymes," i.e. on spirally curving stems resembling a [[scorpion]]'s tail or a half-unfurled [[fiddlehead]] fern leaf. Flowers are deep blue-purple with a yellow center.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/434028#page/228/mode/1up Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1844. ''Myosotis azorica'', Azorean mouse-ear or forget-me not. Botanical Magazine 70: t. 4122.]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Não-me-esqueças |url=https://siaram-azores-gov-pt.translate.goog/flora/flora-vascular/Myosotis-azorica/1.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en |website=siaram-azores-gov-pt.translate.goog}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat== ''Myosotis azorica'' is endemic to the western Azores, occurring only on the westernmost islands of [[Flores Island (Azores)|Flores]] and [[Corvo, Azores|Corvo]]. The last wild populations on Flores went extinct recently. Reports from other islands in the Azores are confusions with the related ''[[Myosotis maritima]]'', a strictly coastal species. It grows near waterfalls and on wet rocks and in [[wet meadow]]s above 500 meters altitude. Its native range covers less than {{convert|15|sqkm|sqmi}}, with the total number of individuals estimated at less than 50, so the species is vulnerable.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" />

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[[Category:Myosotis|azorica]] [[Category:Endemic flora of the Azores]] [[Category:Plants described in 1842]] [[Category:Habitats Directive species]]

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