# Myosotis azorica

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Species of flowering plant

Azorean forget-me not Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Boraginales Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Myosotis Species: M. azorica Binomial name Myosotis azorica H.C. Watson Synonyms[2] Myosotis maritima Hochst. ex Seub.

***Myosotis azorica*,** common name **Azorean mouse-ear** or **Azorean forget-me-not**, is a plant species [endemic](/source/Endemic) to the [Azores Islands](/source/Azores_Islands) in the [North Atlantic Ocean](/source/North_Atlantic_Ocean).

## Description

*Myosotis azorica* is a [perennial](/source/Perennial_plant) [herb](/source/Herbaceous_plant) with decumbent stems up to 30 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](/source/Scorpion)'s tail or a half-unfurled [fiddlehead](/source/Fiddlehead) fern leaf. Flowers are deep blue-purple with a yellow center.[3][4]

## Distribution and habitat

*Myosotis azorica* is endemic to the western Azores, occurring only on the westernmost islands of [Flores](/source/Flores_Island_(Azores)) and [Corvo](/source/Corvo%2C_Azores). The last wild populations on Flores went extinct recently. Reports from other islands in the Azores are confusions with the related *[Myosotis maritima](/source/Myosotis_maritima)*, a strictly coastal species. It grows near waterfalls and on wet rocks and in [wet meadows](/source/Wet_meadow) above 500 meters altitude. Its native range covers less than 15 square kilometres (5.8 sq mi), with the total number of individuals estimated at less than 50, so the species is vulnerable.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-1) Caldas, F.B. (2011). ["*Myosotis azorica*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/161888/5509299). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2011** e.T161888A5509299. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T161888A5509299.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T161888A5509299.en). Retrieved 20 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [The Plant List](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2358208)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1844. *Myosotis azorica*, Azorean mouse-ear or forget-me not. Botanical Magazine 70: t. 4122.](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/434028#page/228/mode/1up)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Não-me-esqueças"](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). *siaram-azores-gov-pt.translate.goog*.

Taxon identifiers Myosotis azorica Wikidata: Q10334148 Wikispecies: Myosotis azorica Calflora: 10139 CoL: 455TJ EoL: 489433 EPPO: MYOAZ EUNIS: 162031 GBIF: 5341176 iNaturalist: 165597 IPNI: 118925-1 IRMNG: 10709071 ITIS: 503895 IUCN: 161888 NatureServe: 2.158325 NBN: NBNSYS0000163335 NCBI: 1053372 Observation.org: 119912 Open Tree of Life: 937839 Plant List: kew-2357133 PLANTS: MYAZ POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118925-1 Tropicos: 4001160 WFO: wfo-0000367830

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