| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Myosotis alpestris F.W.Schmidt |
| Bibliography | Fl. Boëm. 3: 26 (1794) |
| Native Range | Europe to sw. Siberia and n. Iraq |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| 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 | 5-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Myosotis acutata Gand. Myosotis adpressa Simonk. Myosotis alpestris var. elatior Gaudin Myosotis alpestris f. exscapa Gaudin Myosotis alpestris var. rosea B.K.Bliss Myosotis alpina D.Don Myosotis imitata ssp. pseudoimitata O.D.Nikif. Myosotis microsepala Schott & Kotschy ex Vestergr. Myosotis odorata Poir. Myosotis olympica var. laxa Boiss. Myosotis pantocsekii Gand. Myosotis prostrata Rouy Myosotis pseudoimitata (O.D.Nikif.) O.D.Nikif. Myosotis ronnigeri K.Maly Myosotis rupicola Sm. Myosotis superalpina A.P.Khokhr. Myosotis sylvatica var. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) W.D.J.Koch Myosotis sylvatica ssp. alpestris (W.F.Schmidt) Simmons |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |
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