Boraginaceae
Alpine forget-me-not
Myosotis alpestris
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Myosotis
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- أذن الفأر الجبلي
- arz
- آذان الفار الجبلى
- Asturian
- Anxelina
- Azerbaijani
- Alp unutmaməni
- Belarusian
- Незабудка альпійская
- Bulgarian
- Алпийска незабравка
- Catalan
- Miosotis alpestre
- Chinese
- 高山勿忘我, 高山勿忘草, 勿忘草, 林勿忘草, 通耳草
- Czech
- Pomněnka alpská, Pomněnka vysokohorská
- dsb
- Alpske njezabyńki
- Dutch
- Alpenvergeet-mij-nietje, Alpen vergeet-mij-nietje
- English
- Alpine forget-me-not
- Estonian
- Aed-lõosilm
- frp
- Uely des rats
- Georgian
- Ალპური კესანე
- German
- Alpen-Vergissmeinnicht
- Hebrew
- זכריני אלפיני
- hsb
- Alpska njezapomnička
- Icelandic
- Bergmunablóm
- Indonesian
- Mamung alpen
- lah
- الپائنی سانوں بھل ناں جاناں
- Macedonian
- Алпска незаборавка
- Polish
- Niezapominajka alpejska
- Russian
- Незабудка альпийская
- Slovak
- Nezábudka alpínska
- Slovenian
- Planinska spominčica
- Swedish
- Alpförgätmigej
- Vietnamese
- Lưu ly miền núi
- Welsh
- Sgorpionllys y mynydd
Synonyms
- Myosotis sylvatica subsp. alpestris Koch
- Myosotis sylvatica var. alpestris (F.W.Schmidt) W.D.J.Koch
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 507 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joss Carr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Erik from Laagri, Estonia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saskia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isidre blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Myosotis
- True forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesBoraginaceae
- Woodland forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaBoraginaceae
- Field forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisBoraginaceae
- Early forget-me-notMyosotis ramosissimaBoraginaceae
- Strict forget-me-notMyosotis strictaBoraginaceae
- Changing forget-me-notMyosotis discolorBoraginaceae
- Bay forget-me-notMyosotis laxaBoraginaceae
- Myosotis nemorosaBoraginaceae
- Myosotis sparsifloraBoraginaceae
- Myosotis decumbensBoraginaceae
- Azores forget-me-notMyosotis azoricaBoraginaceae
- Creeping forget-me-notMyosotis secundaBoraginaceae
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). About our plant data.