{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Myosotis secunda, Ynys, North Wales, June 2014.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Lansdown, R.V. |year=2011 |title=''Myosotis secunda'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T167823A6390408 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T167823A6390408.en |access-date=20 April 2022}}</ref> | genus = Myosotis | species = secunda | authority = Al.Murray | synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true |title=<small>Synonymy</small> |''Myosotis baetica'' <small> (Pérez Lara) Rocha Afonso</small> |''Myosotis repens'' <small>G.Don</small> |''Myosotis repens'' <small>G.Don ex Hook.</small> }} }}
'''''Myosotis secunda''''', also known as the '''creeping forget-me-not'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=''Myosotis secunda'' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/82629/myosotis-secunda/details |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.rhs.org.uk}}</ref> is a species of [[flowering plant]] from the family [[Boraginaceae]].<ref name="iucn"/>
== Description == ''Myosotis secunda'' is a perennial herb.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Myosotis secunda'' |url=https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.xr0 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=BSBI Online Plant Atlas |year=2020 <!--|journal=Watsonia|volume=6 |pages=276–279 -->}}</ref> Creeping stems sprout from the base of the plant and produce roots at nodes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Creeping Forget-me-not |url=http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/boraginaceae/myosotis-secunda.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122055643/http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/boraginaceae/myosotis-secunda.htm|archive-date=22 January 2022|series=West Highland Flora |website=www.plant-identification.co.uk}}</ref> Stems can reach up to {{cvt|38|cm}} tall.<ref>{{EOL |title=''Myosotis secunda'' A. Murray |id=5353215 |access-date=2022-04-20}}</ref> Flowers are usually blue in colour, however white can occasionally be found.<ref>{{cite book|author=Smith, J. E. |year=1840|title= English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants: With Their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth|location= United Kingdom|publisher= Richard Taylor}}</ref> Flower spikes possess several flowers which are 4 - 9mm in diameter.<ref name=":1" />
== Distribution == This species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Europe]]. ''M. secunda'' can be found growing in the following countries: [[United Kingdom]], [[Ireland]], [[Spain]], [[Portugal]], [[France]]. It can also be found growing on the [[Isle of Man]], [[Guernsey]], [[Jersey]] and the [[Faroe Islands]].<ref name="iucn" />
In Portugal the species can be found on the mainland, but also on the islands of [[Madeira]] and [[Azores]].<ref name="iucn" />
== Habitat == ''Myosotis secunda'' grows in proximity to wetland habitats such as on the margins of streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, creeks and waterfalls. It will also grow in wet grasslands, bogs, fens, marshes, swamps and peatlands.<ref name="iucn" /> This species often occurs growing in acidic soils.<ref name="iucn" />
== Ecology == Both ''M. secunda'' and ''[[Myosotis scorpioides|M. scorpioides]]'' grow in wetland habitats. ''M. scorpioides'' grows in nutrient rich soils, while ''M. secunda'' will outcompete and replace it in nutrient poor soils.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Paul L. |title=Indicator Plants Using Plants to Evaluate the Environment |publisher=Wildtrack Publishing Limited |year=2015 |isbn=9781904098362 |pages=34}}</ref>
''Myosotis secunda'' is one of many host plants for the beetle species ''[[Phaedon armoraciae]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clark |first=Shawn Meredith |title=Host Plants of Leaf Beetle Species Occurring in the United States and Canada |url=https://archive.org/details/hostplantsleafb00clar |publisher=Coleopterists Society |year=2004 |isbn=9780972608732 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/hostplantsleafb00clar/page/290 290]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=''Phaedon armoraciae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |url=https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/phaedon-armoraciae |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.ukbeetles.co.uk}}</ref>
The species can sometimes be found growing alongside other wetland plant species such as bog pimpernel (''[[Lysimachia tenella]]'', syn. ''Anagallis tenella'') and marsh-bedstraw (''[[Galium palustre]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kitchener |first=Geoffrey |date=2021 |title=Kent Rare Plant Register Species Accounts M |url=https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/rare-plant-register-accounts-M-Feb-2021.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110062333/https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/rare-plant-register-accounts-M-Feb-2021.pdf|archive-date=10 January 2025 |website=Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland}}</ref>
== Hybridization == A new [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] species was discovered in [[Bowland Fells]], [[Lancashire]], [[United Kingdom]]. The hybrid is sterile and between ''Myosotis secunda'' and ''[[Myosotis stolonifera]]''. It was described by P. Jepson and given the binomial name ''[[Myosotis × bollandica]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Jepson, P. |author2=David Welch|author3= Bailey, J. P. |date=June 2012|journal=New Journal of Botany |volume=2|issue=1|pages=2–8|doi=10.1179/2042349712Y.0000000008 |title=A new ''Myosotis'' hybrid, ''Myosotis'' × ''bollandica'' (Boraginaceae) |bibcode=2012NJBot...2....2J |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272251757 |access-date=2022-04-20 |via=www.researchgate.net}}</ref>
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[[Category:Myosotis|secunda]] [[Category:Flora of Southwestern Europe]] [[Category:Flora of Great Britain]] [[Category:Flora of Ireland]]