{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Myosotis macrosperma Kentucky.jpg |image_caption = Emerging flowers |genus = Myosotis |species = macrosperma |authority = [[George Engelmann|Engelmann]] }}
'''''Myosotis macrosperma''''', commonly called '''largeseed forget-me-not''',<ref name=usda>{{PLANTS|id=MYMA|taxon=Myosotis macrosperma|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the borage family ([[Boraginaceae]]). It is native to North America, where it found in the eastern [[United States]] and [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref>{{BONAP|ref|genus=Myosotis |species=macrosperma|accessdate=13 August 2018}}</ref> It is found in a wide variety of natural habitats, including areas of bottomland forests, mesic forests, and prairies.<ref name=Missouri>{{cite book |last=Yatskievych |first=George |date=2006 |title=Flora of Missouri, Volume 2 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden Press |pages=643}}</ref> It appears to be associated with nutrient rich soils.<ref name=Weakley>{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm |title= Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States |author= Alan Weakley |date= 2015}}</ref> It is tolerant of disturbance, and can be found in highly degraded communities such as pastures and fallow fields.<ref name=Missouri/>
''Myosotis macrosperma'' is an herbaceous annual. It blooms in the spring, where it produces a [[Cyme (botany)|cyme]] of white flowers.<ref name=Missouri/> It differs from the similar-looking ''[[Myosotis verna]]'' (which occupies much of the same geographic range) in several characters. ''Myosotis macrosperma'' can be distinguished by its longer inflorescence nodes, larger and more deciduous calyx, and larger mericarps.<ref name=Weakley/> <gallery widths="150px" heights="150px"> File:Myosotis macrosperma.jpeg|''Myosotis macrosperma'' with mature fruit </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q17416912}} [[Category:Myosotis]]