Boraginaceae
True forget-me-not
Myosotis scorpioides
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Myosotis
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- أذن الفأر العقربي, أناغلس, أذن فار, عين هدهد, لاتنسني, ميوسوطيس
- arz
- اذن الفار العقربى
- Basque
- Oroilore urtar
- Belarusian
- Незабудка балотная
- Bosnian
- Spomenak
- Bulgarian
- Блатна незабравка
- Chinese
- 沼泽勿忘草, 沼澤勿忘草
- csb
- Błotnô niezabôtka
- Czech
- Pomněnka bahenní
- Danish
- Eng-Forglemmigej
- dsb
- Bagnowe njezabyńki
- Dutch
- Moerasvergeet-mij-nietje, Moeras- en Weidevergeet-mij-nietje, Moerasvergeet-me-nietje, Weidevergeet-mij-nietje
- English
- True forget-me-not, Water forget-me-not
- Estonian
- Soo-lõosilm
- Faroese
- Mýrihoylús
- Finnish
- Luhtalemmikki
- German
- Sumpf-Vergissmeinnicht, Sumpf-Vergißmeinnicht, Sumpfvergissmeinnicht, Sumpfvergißmeinnicht
- hsb
- Bahnowa njezapomnička
- Icelandic
- Engjamunablóm
- Indonesian
- Mamung air
- kw
- Skorpyonles, Porth kov ahanav
- lah
- ماہی وے سانوں بھل ناں جانویں
- Lithuanian
- Pelkinė neužmirštuolė
- Macedonian
- Блатна незаборавка, Моклишна незаборавка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engforglemmegei
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Engminneblom, M. scorpioides
- Persian
- فراموشم مکن آبزی, فراموشم مکن ابزی, گل فراموشم مکن آبزی
- Polish
- Niezapominajka błotna
- Romanian
- Nu-mă-uita
- Russian
- Незабудка болотная
- se
- Vajálgeahtesnásti, Jeaggenásti
- Serbian
- Споменак
- Slovak
- Nezábudka močiarna
- Slovenian
- Močvirska spominčica
- smn
- Jeggitäsnirääsi
- Spanish
- Nomeolvides de agua
- Swedish
- Förgätmigej, Blå ögontröst, Fansögon, Forgetmigej, Huggormsört, Jungfruöga, Skorpionört, Äkta förgätmigej
- Turkish
- Bataklık unutmabenisi
- Ukrainian
- Незабудка болотна
- Welsh
- Sgorpionllys y gors, Glas y gors, N'as fi'n angof
Synonyms
- Echioides palustris Moench
- Echioides perennis Moench
- Myosotis palustris (L.) Nathh.
- Myosotis scorpioides var. palustris L.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Jac. Janssen from Baarlo lb, NL, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Myosotis
- Woodland forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaBoraginaceae
- Field forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisBoraginaceae
- Alpine forget-me-notMyosotis alpestrisBoraginaceae
- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.