# Myosotis discolor

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Species of flowering plant

Myosotis discolor Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Boraginales Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Myosotis Species: M. discolor Binomial name Myosotis discolor Pers.

***Myosotis discolor*** is a species of [forget-me-not](/source/Forget-me-not) known by the common name **changing forget-me-not**. It is native to Europe, and it can also be found throughout eastern and western North America, where it is an [introduced species](/source/Introduced_species). It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as roadsides.

## Description

It is a hairy [annual](/source/Annual_plant) or [perennial](/source/Perennial) herb growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall with a slender, sometimes branching, erect stem. The sparse linear, lance-shaped, or oblong leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and under a centimeter wide. They are coated in straight hairs. The [inflorescence](/source/Inflorescence) is a coiled or curved array of tiny (less than 2mm) flowers in the upper portion of the stem, on short pedicels. The flowers are initially yellow or cream, changing to pink and then to blue as they mature, giving rise to the common name.[1]: 208[2]: 564

## Gallery

### Inflorescences

		- Tom McCall Preserve, Oregon

		- Great Holland Pits, Essex, UK

		- Unterfranken, Germany

		- Parksville, BC

### Flowers

		- Rügen, Germany

		- Unterfranken, Germany

### Herbarium

		- University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California

### Botanical illustrations

		- Plate 16 in Joseph Sturm's ***Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen*** (1796), vol. 11

		- Plate 631 in **Flora Batava**, vol. 8

		- Plate 223 in Martin Cilenšek's ***Naše škodljive rastline*** (1892)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Blameyetal_1-0)** Blamey, M.; Fitter, R.; Fitter, A (2003). *Wild flowers of Britain and Ireland: The Complete Guide to the British and Irish Flora*. London: A & C Black. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1408179505](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1408179505).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Stace_2-0)** [Stace, C. A.](/source/Stace%2C_C._A.) (2010). *New Flora of the British Isles* (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780521707725](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780521707725).

## External links

- [Jepson Manual Treatment](http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2030,2156,2157)

- [Burke Museum Profile](http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Myosotis&Species=discolor)

- [Photo gallery](http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Myosotis+discolor)

Taxon identifiers Myosotis discolor Wikidata: Q475545 Wikispecies: Myosotis discolor APA: 1187 APDB: 77478 APNI: 107342 BioLib: 40711 Calflora: 5721 CoL: 455VK eFloraSA: Myosotis_discolor EoL: 580082 EPPO: MYODI EUNIS: 161975 FloraBase: 12778 GBIF: 5341177 iNaturalist: 70265 IPA: 28249 IPNI: 118996-1 IRMNG: 10854772 ISC: 115687 ITIS: 31693 MichiganFlora: 585 NatureServe: 2.153284 NBN: NBNSYS0000004013 NCBI: 192349 NSWFlora: Myosotis~discolor NZOR: bf02abb4-4eff-464d-ba92-984c1ce503cf NZPCN: 3195 Open Tree of Life: 760142 Plant List: kew-2357600 PLANTS: MYDI POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:118996-1 SANBI: 1503-3 Tropicos: 4000148 VASCAN: 3802 VicFlora: f0d847cd-49eb-4c07-a08d-d6cc03069056 WisFlora: 4299 WFO: wfo-0000368130 WoRMS: 993754

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