Boraginaceae
Woodland forget-me-not
Myosotis sylvatica
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Myosotis
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- أذن الفأر الحرجي
- arz
- اذن الفار الحرجى
- Azerbaijani
- Meşә unutmaməni
- Bangla
- মায়োসোটিস সিলভাটিকা
- Basque
- Basoko oroilore
- Belarusian
- Незабудка лясная
- Bulgarian
- Горска незабравка, Незабравка
- Catalan
- Miosotis de bosc
- Chinese
- 勿忘草, 森林勿忘草, 毋忘我, 林地勿忘我, 森林勿忘我
- Croatian
- Šumska potočnica
- csb
- Lasowô niezabôtka
- Czech
- Pomněnka lesní
- Danish
- Skov-Forglemmigej
- dsb
- Lěsne njezabyńki
- Dutch
- Bosvergeet-mij-nietje
- English
- Woodland forget-me-not, Wood forget-me-not
- Estonian
- Mets-lõosilm
- Finnish
- Puistolemmikki, Lehtolemmikki
- German
- Wald-Vergissmeinnicht, Waldvergissmeinnicht
- hsb
- Lěsna njezapomnička
- Hungarian
- Erdei nefelejcs
- Icelandic
- Skógmunablóm
- Indonesian
- Mamung hutan
- lah
- جنگلی سانوں بھل ناں جاناں
- Latvian
- Meža neaizmirstule
- Lithuanian
- Miškinė neužmirštuolė
- Macedonian
- Шумска незаборавка
- Malayalam
- മയോസോട്ടിസ് സിൽവാട്ടിക
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogforglemmegei
- Persian
- فراموشم مکن
- Polish
- Niezapominajka leśna
- Russian
- Незабудка лесная
- sah
- Сир симэҕэ
- Serbian
- Шумска поточница, Nezboravak
- Slovak
- Nezábudka lesná
- Slovenian
- Gozdna spominčica
- Spanish
- Miosotis, Nomeolvides, Nomeolvides acuático
- Swedish
- Skogsförgätmigej, Trädgårdsförgätmigej
- Turkish
- Orman unutmabenisi
- Welsh
- Sgorpionllys y coed, Sgorpiollys y coed
Synonyms
- Myosotis sylvatica f. sylvatica
- Myosotis sylvatica var. sylvatica
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 1,963 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mara Christensen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ingimar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: richyfourtytwo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Julia Waterlily, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tsungam, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Myosotis
- True forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioidesBoraginaceae
- 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.