Boraginaceae

Arctic alpine forget-me-not

Eritrichium nanum Schrad. ex Gaudin

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Eritrichium

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Arctic alpine forget-me-not: Eritrichium nanum , Vaujany, Grandes Rousses, Oisans, France — Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: اريتريشيوم نانوم
English: Arctic alpine forget-me-not
German: Himmelsherold
Macedonian: Високогорско споменче, Високогорска незаборавка
Slovenian: Triglavska neboglasnica, Eritrichum nanum*

Synonyms

Eritrichium hacquetii W.D.J.Koch
Eritrichium nanum var. nanum
Eritrichium tergloviense Endl. ex Putt.
Lappula nana Caruel
Myosotis hacquetii D.Dietr.
Myosotis nana L.
Myosotis nana Vill.
Myosotis pauciflora Vitman
Myosotis terglovensis Hacq.
Omphalodes nana (Schrad. ex Gaudin) A.Gray

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: xulescu_g, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.