Index / Search / Myosotis laxa
§1 Plant
Myosotis laxa Lehm.
vernacular bay forget-me-not — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Myosotis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 301 counties across 25 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 301 counties across 25 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Harrison 39067
- Holmes 39075
- Jefferson 39081
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Meigs 39105
- Portage 39133
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northumberland 51133
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MYLA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/12186874 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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