Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt |
Synonyms | Myosotis acutata Gand. |
Myosotis alpina D.Don | |
Myosotis odorata Poir. | |
Habitat | grassland and woods |
Altitude | 500-3200m |
Description | stems numerous, leaves oblong-lanceolate, the lower petiolate, cincinnati short, many flowered, calyx sparsely hirsute, corolla rotate, 8-10mm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, semi-shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Great Britain ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
alpestris mrkvickana (Velen.) Strid, Mount. Fl. Greece [Strid] 2: 56 (1991)
alpestris suaveolens (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Strid, Mount. Fl. Greece [Strid] 2: 55 (1991)
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